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turbinate

[ter´bĭ-nāt]

1. shaped like a top; called also turbinal.

2. a nasal concha.

tur·bi·nate

(tŭr'bi-nāt),

A bone shaped like a child's toy top, especially referring to turbinated bones. See: inferior nasal concha, middle nasal concha, superior nasal concha, supreme nasal concha.

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turbinate

(tûr′bə-nĭt, -nāt′)

adj. also turbinated (-nā′tĭd)

1. Shaped like a top.

2. Anatomy Of, relating to, or designating a small curved bone that extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal passage in mammals and birds.

n. (-nāt′)

Anatomy A turbinate bone.

tur·bi·nate

(tŭr'bi-nāt)

1. Shaped like a top.

2. Any of the turbinated bones.
See also: inferior nasal concha, middle nasal concha, superior nasal concha, supreme nasal concha

[L. turbinatus, shaped like a top]

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turbinate

(of plant parts) shaped like an inverted cone.

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Turbinate

Ridge-shaped cartilage or soft bony tissue inside the nose.

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Several factors contribute to lateralization of the middle turbinate withorwithoutsynechiaformation:(l) trauma to the lateral mucosal surface of the middle turbinate, (2) resection of the horizontal portion of the basal lamella, (3) improper manipulation of the middle turbinate resulting in a floppy turbinate, (4) severe polyposis surrounding the middle turbinate, (5) postoperative swelling, (6) inadequate postoperative debridement, and (7) improper packing of the nasal airway after surgery.

Endoscopic medialization middle turbinoplasty in endoscopic sinus surgery

have concluded that allergic disease is significantly associated with antrochoanal polyps in their study patients.[9] In our case, we speculated that the patient's allergic rhinitis and the previous upper respiratory tract infection might have led to local inflammation over the mucosa of superior turbinate, which induced the formation and growth of a single polyp.

Choanal polyp originating from the superior turbinate: Case report and review of literature

Nasal endoscopy was done by ENT surgeon and he diagnosed the tissue occluding the ETT as inferior turbinate. Active bleeding was not spotted.

Accidental inferior turbinectomy: a complication of nasotracheal intubation

In this study, tissue stiffness and fibrosis in inferior turbinates of AR patients were quantitatively compared with healthy subjects without the need for an invasive procedure.

Evaluation of Inferior Turbinate Stroma with Ultrasound Elastography in Allergic Rhinitis Patients

It should be performed in operation theatre only, because of the risk of heavy bleeding and is an effective procedure for improving nasal obstruction in patients with chronic hypertrophied inferior turbinates, both in the short and long terms.

Inferior turbinectomy versus submucosal diathermy--our experience

Hypertrophic turbinates are treated medically and surgically.

COMPARISON OF POST OPERATIVE NASAL PATENCY FOLLOWING SUBMUCOSAL DIATHERMY OF INFERIOR TURBINATE WITH MICRODEBRIDER-ASSISSTED TURBINOPLASTY

The detailed morphology of nasal cavity comprising of dorsal nasal turbinate, ventral nasal turbinate, middle nasal turbinate and ethmo-turbinate bones and boundaries were recorded.

Gross Anatomy of Nasal Cavity of Kenguri Sheep (Ovis aries)

The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of cryosurgery and submucosal diathermy in terms of relief of nasal obstruction caused by hypertrophied inferior turbinates.

COMPARISON OF EFFICACY OF CRYOSURGERY AND SUBMUCOSAL DIATHERMY FOR INFERIOR TURBINATE HYPERTROPHY

(1,3) This case presented within the middle turbinate in an apparent concha bullosa.

Juvenile ossifying fibroma of the middle turbinate

Surgery of the turbinates. J Otolaryngol 1978; 7: 262-8.

Nasal obstruction: Comparison of radiofrequency with lateral displacement of the inferior turbinate and radiofrequency alone

Median expression of E-selectin was decreased (0.22-fold, n = 14), while P-selectin expression was increased (2.37-fold, n = 15) in nasal polyps compared to associated inferior turbinates (Figure 1(b)).

Immune imbalance in nasal polyps of Caucasian chronic rhinosinusitis patients is associated with a downregulation of E-selectin

Surgical management of the enlarged inferior turbinates is done by different surgical tools.