fundus
Pronunciation: /ˈfʌn.dəs/
The English word “fundus” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- The top, hollow portion of the uterus.
- The back, interior part of the eye, accommodating the retina and associated blood vessels, etc.
- The uppermost hollow of the stomach, which in humans forms a bulge above where the oesophagus enters the stomach.
- The deepest part of a sulcus, such as of the sulci of the human cerebral cortex.
Etymology
PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn From Latin fundus (“bottom”). Doublet of fond and fund.
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