in·fun·dib·u·lum (ĭn'fən-dĭb'yə-ləm)
n., pl., -la (-lə).
Any of various funnel-shaped bodily passages, openings, structures, or parts, especially:

1. The stalk of the pituitary gland.
2. The calyx of a kidney.
3. The ovarian opening of a fallopian tube.

[Latin, funnel, from īnfundere, to pour in. See infuse.]

infundibular in'fun·dib'u·lar (-lər) or in'fun·dib'u·late' (-lāt', -lĭt) adj.

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