turbinate

noun

any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates

adjective

in the shape of a coil

of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages

Roots

turboturbin- · Latin · whirl, spinning top (conical)atus-ate · Latin · shaped like

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