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infundibulum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun infundibulum has 1 sense
- infundibulum(n = noun.body) - any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk); is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
has particulars: hypophyseal stalk
is a part of betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon
CIDE DICTIONARY
infundibulum, n. [L., a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. [1913 Webster]
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