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Turbinate   Listen
verb
Turbinate  v. i.  To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. (R.)


adjective
Turbinated, Turbinate  adj.  
1.
Whirling in the manner of a top. "A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole."
2.
(Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.
3.
(Anat.) Turbinal.
4.
(Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; said of certain shells.





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"Turbinate" Quotes from Famous Books



... while your throat is open. Make this open-feeling habitual when speaking—we say make because it is a matter of resolution and of practise, if your vocal organs are healthy. Your tone passages may be partly closed by enlarged tonsils, adenoids, or enlarged turbinate bones of the nose. If so, a skilled ...
— The Art of Public Speaking • Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein
... occupation. Mentally, I was depressed, restless, worried, and was inclined to make mountains out of mole hills. I had followed many treatments without success, having even undergone in Switzerland the removal of the turbinate bone of the nose without obtaining any relief. In Nov., 1918, I became worse in consequence of a great sorrow. While my husband was at Corfu (he was an officer on a warship), I lost our only son in six days from ...
— Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion • Emile Coue


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