turbinate

English Thesaurus

1. any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates (noun.body)

hypernym	:	bone, os,
definition	:	rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates (noun.body)

hyponym	:	nasal concha,
definition	:	one of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity (noun.body)

part meronym	:	nose, olfactory organ,
definition	:	the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals (noun.body)

2. in the shape of a coil (adj.all)

similar	:	coiled,
definition	:	curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) (adj.all)

derivation	:	coil, helix, spiral, volute, whorl,
definition	:	a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	spiral, volute,
definition	:	ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center (noun.artifact)

3. of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone,
definition	:	any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates (noun.body)

4. in the shape of a coil (adj.all)

derivation	:	coil, helix, spiral, volute, whorl,
definition	:	a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	spiral, volute,
definition	:	ornament consisting of a curve on a plane that winds around a center with an increasing distance from the center (noun.artifact)

5. of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the nasal passages (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	turbinal, turbinate, turbinate bone,
definition	:	any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates (noun.body)