| 单词 | turbinate |
| 释义 | turbinate —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; < L turbinatus shaped like a top, equiv. to turbin- (s. of turbo a top; see TURBINE) + -atus -ATE1] |
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