1 definition 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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