tur·bi·nate 
(tûrbə-nĭt, -nāt′)
(tûrbə-nĭt, -nāt′)adj. also tur·bi·nat·ed (-nā′tĭd)
1. Shaped like a top.
2. Spinning like a top.
3. Zoology Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Used especially of shells.
4. Anatomy Of, relating to, or designating a small curved bone that extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal passage in mammals and birds.
n. (-nāt′)
Anatomy A turbinate bone.
[Latin turbinātus, from turbō, turbin-, spinning top; see TURBINE.]
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