Anat. [mod.L. use of L. lūra mouth of a bag or wine-skin.] The contracted foramen of the infundibulum of the brain. Hence Lural a., pertaining to the lura (Cent. Dict.).
1885. Wilder, in N. Y. Med. Jrnl., 23 March, 328 (Cent.). The removal of the hypophysis leaves the orifice which I have called lura.