infundibuliform

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The cap is generally plano depressed or funnel-shaped (infundibuliform).

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  1. adjective Shaped like a funnel.

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  • In the adult, we recognise this fibrous tube as the infundibuliform fascia of the cord, or as forming the fascia propria of an external inguinal hernia. —  Surgical Anatomy
  • Thus, as the infundibuliform fascia, 2, 3, contains the hernia and spermatic vessels, so does the cremaster muscle, extending from the lower margins of the internal oblique and transversalis, invest them also in an infundibuliform manner. —  Surgical Anatomy
  • The infundibuliform fascia, 3, 3, of the spermatic vessels is like the infundibuliform sheath, 9, 9, of the femoral vessels. —  Surgical Anatomy
  • The cap is generally plano depressed or funnel-shaped (infundibuliform). —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
  • (Poisonous RUSSULA SANGUINEA = blood The Blood-colored Russula Cap+ blood red, becoming pale at margin, 2 to 3 inches broad, at first convex, then depressed, and funnel-shaped (infundibuliform), irregularly swollen in the centre, polished, even, margin acute, moist in damp weather. —  Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners
 

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/ɪnfənˈdɪbjulɪfɔrm/
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