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Definition of Turbinates
1. turbinate [n] - See also: turbinate
Medical Definition of Turbinates
1. The scroll-like bony plates with curved margins on the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turbinates
Literary usage of Turbinates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electricity in Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat with Illustrations by William Franklin Coleman (1912)
"THE turbinates. USE OF THE ELECTRO-CAUTERY IN THE NOSE.' My associate, Charles H.
Long, in a personal communication says: The electro-cautery, ..."
2. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1896)
"In the older grades the differences in the amounts thrown off by the two lower
turbinates are still greater. The reason for this uneven degree of ..."
3. Transactions (1907)
"Examination disclosed the septum markedly deflected to the right, and in left
nares compensatory hypertrophy of both turbinates extending beyond the median ..."
4. The Diseases of the Nose and Its Accessory Sinuses by H. Lambert Lack (1906)
"The application of the cautery to the inferior turbinates gave complete relief for
... Complete removal of the inferior turbinates was therefore advised. ..."
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