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English Dictionary: turbinate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
turbinate adj of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages in the shape of a coil Synonym(s): coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate n any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates Synonym(s): turbinate bone, turbinate, turbinal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turbinate \Tur"binate\, Turbinated \Tur"bina`ted\, a. [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben, -inis, a whirl, top.] 1. Whirling in the manner of a top. A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. --Bentley. 2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. 3. (Anat.) Turbinal. 4. (Zo[94]l.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells.