English adjective: turbinate | |||
| 1. | turbinate of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages | ||
| 2. | turbinate in the shape of a coil | ||
| Synonyms | coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled | ||
| Similar | coiled | ||
| Antonyms | uncoiled, straight | ||
English noun: turbinate | |||
| 1. | turbinate (body) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates | ||
| Synonyms | turbinal, turbinate bone | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bone, os | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nasal concha | ||
| Part meronym | nose, olfactory organ | ||