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Etymology
[edit]From Latin turbinatus.
Adjective
[edit]turbinate (comparative more turbinate, superlative most turbinate)
- Shaped or spinning like a top (spinning top).
- In the shape of a coil.
- (zoology) Spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter from base to apex.
- a turbinate shell
- (anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]shaped or spinning like a top
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shaped like a coil
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zoology: spiral and decreasing sharply in diameter
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of or relating to the turbinate bone
Noun
[edit]turbinate (plural turbinates)
- (anatomy) A turbinal or turbinate bone.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]nasal concha — see nasal concha
Verb
[edit]turbinate (third-person singular simple present turbinates, present participle turbinating, simple past and past participle turbinated)
- To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl.
Anagrams
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]turbinate
- inflection of turbinare:
Etymology 2
[edit]Participle
[edit]turbinate f pl
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]turbināte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]turbinate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of turbinar combined with te
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
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- en:Anatomy
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English verbs
- en:Skeleton
- en:Malacology
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms
- Italian past participle forms
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin adjective forms
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms