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Webster 1913 Edition
Turbinal
Tur′bi-nal
,Adj.
[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.
☞ There are usually several of these plates in each nasal chamber. The upper ones, connected directly with the ethmoid bone, are called
ethmoturbinals
, and the lower, connected with the maxillae, maxillo-turbinals
. Incurved portions of the wall of the nasal chamber are sometimes called pseudoturbinals
, to distinguish them from the true turbinals which are free outgrowths into the chambers. Tur′bi-nal
,Noun.
(Anat.)
A turbinal bone or cartilage.
Definition 2024
turbinal
turbinal
English
Adjective
turbinal (comparative more turbinal, superlative most turbinal)
- Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.
- (anatomy) 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.
Derived terms
Noun
turbinal (plural turbinals)
- (anatomy) A turbinate bone.
Translations
nasal concha — see nasal concha