ethmoturbinaladj.n.
/ˌɛθməʊˈtəːbᵻnəl/, /ˌɛθməʊˈtəːbn̩l/, U.S. /ˌɛθmoʊˈtərbənəl/ A. adj.
Designating any nasal concha (turbinated bone) that arises from the ethmoid bone.
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1853 Med. Times & Gaz. 30 July 120/1 The greater part of the wounds were united; but a deficiency existed in the face, corresponding to the disease, at the superior part of which were seen the vertical portion of the ethmoid, and the two ethmo-turbinal bones.
1910 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 27 221 The ethmoturbinal scrolls are limited to the middle and posterior portions of the nasal cavity.
2004 G. J. Prideaux Systematics & Evol. Sthenurine Kangaroos (Univ. Calif. Publ. Geol. Sci. 146) 149 Entire dorsal half of rostrum missing, along with ethmoturbinal bones.
B. n.
Any of the nasal conchae (turbinated bones) arising from the ethmoid bone. Frequently in plural.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > bones of nose
sieve-bone1594
ethmoid bone1657
labyrinth1678
vomer1704
ethmoid1732
turbinal1848
ethmoturbinal1853
mesethmoid1870
turbinate1873
mid-ethmoid1884
1853 Descriptive Catal. Osteol. Series Mus. Royal Coll. Surgeons II. 379 The vomer is deeply cleft posteriorly, and has coalesced with the ethmoturbinals.
1974 Folia Primatologica 21 296 The lateral nasal wall, posterior to the root of the ethmoturbinal, was lined by respiratory epithelium.
2005 Jrnl. Vertebr. Paleontol. 25 912/2 Slight emarginations of the ventrum of the frontal, which contribute to the roof of the olfactory chamber of the nasal fossa, comprise the roots of ethmoturbinals which are otherwise missing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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