— turbination , n.
/terr"beuh nit, -nayt'/ , adj.
1. Also, turbinated .
2. having the shape of an inverted cone; scroll-like; whorled; spiraled.
3. Anat. of or pertaining to certain scroll-like, spongy bones of the nasal passages in humans and other vertebrates.
4. inversely conical.
n.
5. a turbinate shell.
6. Also called nasal concha . Anat. a turbinate bone.
[ 1655-65; turbinatus shaped like a top, equiv. to turbin- (s. of turbo a top; see TURBINE) + -atus -ATE 1 ]