NASAL CONCHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nasal concha mean? 

• NASAL CONCHA (noun)
  The noun NASAL CONCHA has 1 sense:

1. one of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity

  Familiarity information: NASAL CONCHA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NASAL CONCHA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("nasal concha" is a kind of...):

concha ((anatomy) a structure that resembles a shell in shape)

turbinal; turbinate; turbinate bone (any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in man and other vertebrates)

 Context examples 

It is located posterior to the frontal process of the maxilla and articulates with the inferior nasal concha, ethmoid, frontal, and maxillary bones.

(Lacrimal Bone, NCI Thesaurus)