turbinal
/ˈtɜːbɪnəl/noun
(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)。
词源
late 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense 'top-shaped'): from Latin turbo, turbin- 'spinning top' + -AL.