Turbinate Synonyms

tûrbə-nĭt, -nāt
Any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. turbinate-bone
  2. turbinal
In the shape of a coil
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. coiling
  2. helical
  3. spiral
  4. spiraling
  5. volute
  6. voluted
  7. whorled

Turbinate Sentence Examples

  • The middle turbinate has also been partly removed to show a bristle passed from the middle meatus into the antrum.

  • The turbinate bone may be pushed away to the side of the nose to make more space inside the nose.

  • Nasal turbinate mucosa was removed from patients with PAR, IR and normal controls.

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