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Noun: turbinate bone
  1. Any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates
    - turbinate, turbinal

Derived forms: turbinate bones

See also: turbinate

Type of: bone, os[2]

Part of: nose, olfactory organ

Encyclopedia: Turbinate bone