infundibular

English

Etymology

From Latin infundibul(um) +‎ -ar.

Adjective

infundibular (comparative more infundibular, superlative most infundibular)

1. Having the shape of a funnel.
   • 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 88:

     Baconfield […] began to explore, first the blebs and blisters of that infundibular terrain, and then, naked as a worm and carrying a torch, the very catacombs themselves.

2. (medicine) having to do with an infundibulum

Synonyms

• (having the shape of a funnel): infundibuliform
• (pertaining to an infundibulum): choanal

Derived terms

• hypothalamo-infundibular