Tûr'bi-nate or Tûr'bi-nā'ted, a.
a. [Lat. turbinatus, from turbo or turben, turbinis, a whirl, top; Fr. turbine.]
Sense 1. Whirling in the manner of a top. [Rare.] “A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole moved body.” Bentley.
Sense 2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or cone inverted; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated germ, nectary, or pericarp.
Sense 3. (Conch.) Spiral, or wreathed conically from a larger base to a kind of apex; as, turbinated shells.
Turbinated bones (Anat.), thin, bony plates in the form of a scroll or horn, found in the nostrils, and serving to give wider distribution to the lining membrane of the nose.
