NOUN | body | turbinate, turbinate bone, turbinal | any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates |
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ADJECTIVE | pert | turbinate | of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages |
all | turbinate, coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled | in the shape of a coil |
Meaning | Of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages. | |
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Spanish | cornete nasal | |
Nouns | turbinate bone | any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates |
Meaning | In the shape of a coil. | |
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Synonyms | coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled | |
Broader | coiled | curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) |
Spanish | helicoidal | |
Catalan | helicoïdal |
Meaning | Any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates. | |
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Synonyms | turbinate bone, turbinal | |
Part of | nose, olfactory organ | The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract |
Narrower | nasal concha | One of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity |
Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
Spanish | cornete, turbinal | |
Catalan | cornete, turbinal |
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