turbinal bone

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• Turbinal — Tur bi*nal, n. (Anat.) A turbinal bone or cartilage. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Turbinal — Tur bi*nal, a. [L. turbo, turben, inis, a top, whirl.] (Anat.) 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• turbinal — noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates • Syn: ↑turbinate bone, ↑turbinate • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os • Hyponyms: ↑nasal concha …   Useful english dictionary

• turbinal — /terr beuh nl/, adj. 1. turbinate. n. 2. Anat. a turbinate bone. [1575 85; < L turbin (s. of turbo a whirlwind, top; see TURBINE) + AL1] * * * …   Universalium

• turbinal — 1. adjective Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex. 2. noun A turbinate bone …   Wiktionary

• turbinal — [ tə:bɪn(ə)l] noun Anatomy & Zoology each of three thin curved shelves of bone in the sides of the nasal cavity, covered in mucous membrane. Origin C16 (in the sense top shaped ): from L. turbo, turbin spinning top + al …   English new terms dictionary

• turbinal — /ˈtɜbənəl/ (say terbuhnuhl) adjective 1. turbinate. –noun 2. Anatomy a turbinate bone. {Latin turbo top + al1} …  

• turbinate bone — noun any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates • Syn: ↑turbinate, ↑turbinal • Hypernyms: ↑bone, ↑os • Hyponyms: ↑nasal concha • …   Useful english dictionary

• Empty nose syndrome — (ENS) is a medical term coined by Dr. Kern and Dr. Stenquist (1996) to describe a cluster of symptoms that often occurs when a nose is crippled by over resection of the inferior and/or middle turbinates of the nose. ENS can be considered as a… …   Wikipedia

• Nasoturbinal — Na so*tur bi*nal, a. [Naso + turbinal.] (Anat.) Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; as, the nasoturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammel[ae] of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal. n. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Maxilloturbinal — Max*il lo*tur bi*nal, a. [Maxilla + turbinal.] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull. n. The maxillo turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English