Turbinal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Turbinal \Tur"bi*nal\, a. [L. turbo, turben, -inis, a top,
     whirl.] (Anat.)
     Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the
     thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support
     the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.
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     Note: There are usually several of these plates in each nasal
           chamber. The upper ones, connected directly with the
           ethmoid bone, are called {ethmoturbinals}, and the
           lower, connected with the maxillae,
           {maxillo-turbinals}. Incurved portions of the wall of
           the nasal chamber are sometimes called
           {pseudoturbinals}, to distinguish them from the true
           turbinals which are free outgrowths into the chambers.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Turbinal \Tur"bi*nal\, n. (Anat.)
     A turbinal bone or cartilage.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  turbinal
       n : any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in
           man and other vertebrates [syn: {turbinate bone}, {turbinate}]