turbinal

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. Having the shape of a cone resting on its apex.

2. (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.

noun

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

Similar word(s): turbinate

Definition categories: body, bone