TURBINATE

• (noun) any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates

  synonyms : turbinal , turbinate bone

• (adj.) of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages

• (adj.) in the shape of a coil

  synonyms : coiling , helical , spiral , spiraling , volute , voluted , whorled

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