turbinate
- Adjective. Shaped or spinning like a top.
- Adjective. In the shape of a coil.
- Adjective. (zoology) Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Used especially of shells.
- Adjective. (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
- Noun. (anatomy) A turbinal or turbinate bone.
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