turbinate
pronunciation
How to pronounce turbinate in British English:
UK ['tɜ:bɪnɪt]
How to pronounce turbinate in American English:
US ['tɜbənɪt]
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- Noun:
- any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
- in the shape of a coil
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Flowers actinomorphic , campanulate to turbinate , flexibly 5-7-merous .
- 2. The turbinate eyes of male mayfly magnified 10 times .
- 3. So far , no respiratory turbinate structures have been found in dinosaurs .
- 4. Calyx pyriform or turbinate , base attenuate ; fruit base narrow or long attenuate .
- 5. Hypanthium funnel-shaped , turbinate , or nearly campanulate .