Found 2 items, similar to turbinate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: turbinate turbinate adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages 2: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled] turbinate n : any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates [syn: turbinate bone, turbinal]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Turbinate Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [R.] [1913 Webster] Turbinate \Tur"bi*nate\, Turbinated \Tur"bi*na`ted\, a. [L. turbinatus, turbo, turben, -inis, a whirl, top.] 1. Whirling in the manner of a top. [1913 Webster] A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. [1913 Webster] 3. (Anat.) Turbinal. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zo["o]l.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. [1913 Webster]