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ectoturbinates

ectoturbinates is the plural of ectoturbinate.

Meaning of ectoturbinate

Noun

ectoturbinate (plural ectoturbinates)

  1. Any 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

Questions about ectoturbinates

What is ectoturbinates the plural of?
Ectoturbinates is the plural of ectoturbinate.

Words near ectoturbinates in the dictionary

  1. ectotrophic
  2. ectotrophically
  3. ectotrophs
  4. ectotunica
  5. ectoturbinate
  6. ectoturbinates
  7. ectotympanic
  8. ectotympanics
  9. ectoventral
  10. ectozoa
  11. ectozoan

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