Definition of turbinates Turbinates
We found 3 definitions of turbinates from 2 different sources.
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What does turbinates mean?
Wiktionary 
- turbinates (Noun)
Plural of turbinate.
Part of speech
🔤- turbinates, noun, plural of turbinate.
WordNet
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| turbinate - of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages | ||
| turbinate - in the shape of a coil | ||
| coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled | ||
| coiled curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck" | ||
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Wiktionary
- turbinate (Noun)
A turbinal or turbinate bone . - turbinate (Verb)
To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. - turbinate (Adjective)
Shaped or spinning like a top. - turbinate (Adjective)
In the shape of a coil. - turbinate (Adjective)
Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex. Used especially of shells. - turbinate (Adjective)
Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- turbinate (v. i.)
To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. - turbinate (a.)
Alt. of Turbinated
Part of speech
🔤- turbinate, noun, singular of turbinates.
