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Turbinate
A bone shaped like a top. The turbinate is a bone in the nose; it is an extension of the ethmoid bone, is situated along the side wall of the nose, and is covered by mucous membrane. The word turbinate is related to a turbine and tornado. They are all derived from the Latin turbo meaning a whorl, eddy, or spiral shell. The turbinate in the nose was so named because it is a curled shelf of bone protruding from the lateral (side) wall of the nasal cavity.
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A bone shaped like a top, especially referring to turbinated bones. See inferior nasal concha, middle nasal concha, superior nasal concha, supreme nasal concha.

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tur·bi·nate 'tər-bə-nət, -.nāt adj of, relating to, or being a nasal concha
turbinate n NASAL CONCHA

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tur·bi·nate (turґbĭ-nāt) [L. turbineus] 1. shaped like a top. 2. any of the nasal conchae; see terms beginning concha nasalis. Called also turbinal.

Medical dictionary. 2011.