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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.

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• NASAL CONCHA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of several turbinate bones in the nasal cavity

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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)

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