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In·fun·dib·u·lum n.; pl. L. Infundibula E. Infundibulums
1. Anat. 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.
2. Zool. (a) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. (b) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda.
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infundibulum
n : any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but
especially the hypophyseal stalk)
[also: infundibula (pl)]