turbinate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
turbinate bone, turbinal
• Hypernyms:
bone, os
• Hyponyms:
nasal concha
• Part Holonyms:
nose, olfactory organ

II - adjective

1. of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
• Pertains to noun:
turbinate bone
2. in the shape of a coil
• Syn:
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute,
voluted, whorled
• Similar to:
coiled
• Derivationally related forms:
volute (for: volute), helix (for: helical)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate bone, turbinal