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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
a A central cavity in the Ctenophora, into which the
gastric sac leads.
b The siphon of Cephalopoda. See {Cephalopoda}.
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