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1 definition found 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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