turbinal

Definitions


[ˈtəːbɪn(ə)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- each of three thin curved shelves of bone in the sides of the nasal cavity in humans and other warm-blooded vertebrates, covered in mucous membrane


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Origin:
late 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘top-shaped’): from Latin turbo, turbin- ‘spinning top’ + -al




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