(see quot. 1594).

an unpaired, irregularly shaped bone of the human skull which forms part of the orbits and nasal cavity, consisting of a horizontal plate (the…

Zoology. Any of various parts or organs having a complex or intricate structure; esp. (a) the turbinates of the nasal cavity; †(b) the tracheal…

Anatomy. A small thin bone forming the posterior part of the partition between the nostrils in man and most vertebrate animals.

The ethmoid bone.

A turbinal or turbinate bone; the ethmo-, the maxillo-, or the spheno-turbinal.

Any of the nasal conchae (turbinated bones) arising from the ethmoid bone. Frequently in plural.

The ethmoid bone; (also) the cartilage from which this develops.

A turbinate bone.

= mesethmoid, n.