- having the shape of an inverted cone; scroll-like; whorled; spiraled.
- of or relating to certain scroll-like, spongy bones of the nasal passages in humans and other vertebrates.
- inversely conical.
- a turbinate shell.
- a turbinate bone.
- of or relating to any of the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
- shaped like a spiral or scroll
- (esp of the shells of certain molluscs) shaped like an inverted cone
- a turbinate bone
- a turbinate shell
