ectoturbinate

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noun

Any of a series of papyraceous bones in the nasal cavity which are interleaved with endoturbinates.

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Meanings

nounectoturbinate (plural ectoturbinates)

plural ectoturbinates

  1. anatomyAny of a series of papyraceous bones in the nasal cavity which are interleaved with endoturbinates.

    When these endoturbinates are removed a second set of turbinates, referred to as ectoturbinates 1 to 4, is exposed.

    2004, George Paxinos, The Rat Nervous System, page 925

Origin

From ecto- + turbinate.

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