TURBO

(Lat.), n. m. TuBrb(tu4rb)'o. Gen., turb'in is. From turbare, to disturb. Gr.. orpc^/Sos. 1. A spinning-top; any top shaped or scroll-like formation, [a, 48.] 2. A genus of molluscs. The opercula of several species (T. cochlas, T. riigosus, etc.) were once used as an aphrodisiac under the names fab a marina, umbilicus mar in us (seu Veneris), belliculus (seu bellericvs) mar in us, acetabulum marinum, and concha venerea. [a, 35.] T. cerebri. The pineal gland. [L. 50 (a, 34).] Turbines uasi. The inferior, middle, and superior turbinated bones. [L.] [s. 662]