turbinate

adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in the

nasal passages

2: in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical}, {spiral},

{spiraling}, {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled}]

n : any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in

man and other vertebrates [syn: {turbinate bone}, {turbinal}]