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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Infundibulum \In`fun*dib"u*lum\, n.; pl. L. Infundibula, E. Infundibulums. [L., a funnel, from infundere to pour in or into. See Infuse.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) (a) A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the gastric sac leads. (b) The siphon of Cephalopoda. See Cephalopoda. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

infundibulum n 1: any of various funnel-shaped parts of the body (but especially the hypophyseal stalk)