turbinate
adjective
1. of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages
2. in the shape of a coil
Similar word(s): coiled, coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled
noun
1. any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
Similar word(s): turbinal
verb
1. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.