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Definition of Turbinated

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Turbinated

1. 1. Whirling in the manner of a top. "A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole." (Bentley) 2. Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. 3. Turbinal. 4. Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; said of certain shells. Origin: L. Turbinatus, turbo, turben, -inis, a whirl, top. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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