infundibulum


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infundibulum
n. funnel-shaped structure

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Infundibulum
An infundibulum (Latin for funnel; plural, infundibula) is a funnel-shaped cavity or organ.

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infundibulum

Noun
1. any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk)
(hypernym) structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
(hyponym) hypophyseal stalk
(part-holonym) diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon


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Infundibulum
(n.)
The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.
  
 
(n.)
A funnel-shaped or dilated organ or part; as, the infundibulum of the brain, a hollow, conical process, connecting the floor of the third ventricle with the pituitary body; the infundibula of the lungs, the enlarged terminations of the bronchial tubes.
  
 
(n.)
A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads.
  

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infundibulum
N
funnel (for pouring liquids); hopper (in mill)