turbinate

From Latin turbinatus.

turbinate (comparative more turbinate, superlative most turbinate)

1. Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top).
2. In the shape of a coil.
3. (zoology) Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex.

   a turbinate shell

4. (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.

• coiling
• helical
• spiral
• spiraling
• volute
• whorled

turbinate (plural turbinates)

1. (anatomy) A turbinal or turbinate bone.

• nasal concha

• turbinately

turbinate (third-person singular simple present turbinates, present participle turbinating, simple past and past participle turbinated)

1. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.

• intratube, tribunate, tube train

turbinate

1. inflection of turbinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

turbinate f pl

1. feminine plural of turbinato

turbināte

1. vocative masculine singular of turbinātus

turbinate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of turbinar combined with te