turbinal

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.
2. Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers.

Noun

A turbinate bone.

Synonymes

turbinate

turbinate bone

spiral

spiry

tortuous

nasal concha

helical

nasal shell

sinuous

Étymologie (Anglais)

Latin turbinis (“a top, whirl”).