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turbinate

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turbinate [′tər·bə·nət]
(botany)
Shaped like an inverted cone.
(invertebrate zoology)
Spiral with rapidly decreasing whorls from base to apex.


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The right middle turbinate was gently displaced medially, which allowed for visualization of the marked drainage from the right maxillary sinus flowing into the middle meatus (figure, C).
1 Concha polyposa, an enlarged middle turbinate with polypoid degeneration of the mucosa, is a very common pathological type, usually related to chronic purulent rhinosinusitis.
The doctors can identify the specific symptoms and its relation to the specific turbinate reductions.
 
 
 
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