ectoturbinate

English

Etymology

ecto- +‎ turbinate

Noun

ectoturbinate (plural ectoturbinates)

1. (anatomy) Any of a series of papyraceous bones in the nasal cavity which are interleaved with endoturbinates.
   • 2004, George Paxinos, The Rat Nervous System, page 925:

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