different between cavity vs infundibulum

English

Etymology

From Middle English cavity, from Middle French cavité, from Late Latin cavitas, from Latin cavus (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæv?ti/
• • (US) IPA^(key): [?k?æv??i]

Noun

cavity (plural cavities)

1. A hole or hollow depression.
2. A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
3. (dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hole
• (dentistry): caries

Derived terms

Related terms

• cave
• concave
• excavate
• excavation
• excavator

Translations

Further reading

• cavity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• cavity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• cavity at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infundibulum (“funnel”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?bj?l?m

Noun

infundibulum (plural infundibula)

1. (anatomy) A funnel-shaped cavity or organ.

   Synonym: choana

Related terms

• infundibular

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin ?nfundibulum.

Noun

infundibulum m (plural infundibulums)

1. (anatomy) infundibulum

Derived terms

• infundibulaire

Further reading

• “infundibulum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From ?nfund(i) (“to pour in or upon”) +? -bulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.fun?di.bu.lum/, [??f?n??d??b??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.fun?di.bu.lum/, [infun??d?i?bulum]

Noun

?nfundibulum n (genitive ?nfundibul?); second declension

1. funnel (for pouring liquids)
2. hopper (in mill)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

• infundibulum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• infundibulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• infundibulum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers