turbinal

turbinal
[ˈtəːbɪn(ə)l]
noun
  1. (一般作turbinals)(Anatomy & Zoology)each of three thin curved shelves of bone in the sides of the nasal cavity in humans and other warm-blooded vertebrates, covered in mucous membrane
    (剖,动)鼻甲(骨)
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense 'top-shaped'): from Latin turbo, turbin- 'spinning top' + -al
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