infundibuliformity

English

Etymology

infundibuliform +‎ -ity

Noun

infundibuliformity (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being infundibuliform; conicity.
   • 1991, Patrick Pollard, André Gide: Homosexual Moralist, The Yale University Press - New Haven • London, page 100

     Physical deformation of the anus, or infundibuliformity, will often betray members of this class, he remarks.

   • 1957, Bedřich Bouček, The Dendroid Graptolites of the Silurian of Bohemia, ČSAV - The Ohio State University Press, page 72

     Mostly the view of the posterior side is preserved, i. e. turned away from the apertural side, which is turned towards the interior of the infundibuliform rhabdosome. The infundibuliformity of the rhabdosome is indicated by the fact that at a distance of 2 – 4mm.

   • 1984, Department of English, Ascent - Volume 10 - Issue 1, The Illinois University Press • The California University Press, page 59

     Only a normal vision could read the signs and sense the funnel- ness of the scene— its infundibuliformity, as John knew to call it. John didn't know what faulty vision saw — blurs, probably.