Meaning Of The Word Turbinate

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turbinate in American English
shaped like a cone resting on its apex, as a molluskan shell
adjective: having the shape of an inverted cone; scroll-like; whorled; spiraled
noun: a turbinate shell

turbinate in British English
adjective: of or relating to any of the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
noun: a turbinate bone

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