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Definition of turbination in English English dictionary
- The act of spinning or whirling, as a top
- turbinate
- A turbinal or turbinate bone
- turbinate
- Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone
- turbinate
- {a} twisted, spiral, made like a cone or top
- turbinate
- Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root
- turbinate
- in the shape of a coil
- turbinate
- {s} spiral; of or pertaining to some scroll-like bones in the nasal chambers
- turbinate
- To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl
- turbinate
- any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
- turbinate
- Shaped or spinning like a top
- turbinate
- Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; said of certain shells
- turbinate
- specialized formation of the bone in the nasal cavity that allows more area for the breathed air to be cleaned by lysozymes
- turbinate
- Structure inside the nose that humidifies and filters air
- turbinate
- Turbinal
- turbinate
- Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Used especially of shells
- turbinate
- Whirling in the manner of a top
- turbinate
- {i} turbinate shell; nasal concha, spiral bones in the nose (Anatomy)
- turbinate
- small, shelf-like, cartilaginous structures covered by mucous membranes, which protrude into the nasal airway to help warm, humidify, and cleanse inhaled air on its way to the lungs
- turbinate
- The organ inside the nose (one on each side) that humidifies, filters, and warms inspired air When too large, the turbinates can actually be responsible for causing nasal obstruction
- turbinate
- of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
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