fundus meaning: definition, etymology

fundus

noun

/ˈfʌn.dəs/

Etymology PIE word *bʰudʰmḗn From Latin fundus (“bottom”). Doublet of fond and fund.

› The large, hollow part of an organ farthest…

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The top, hollow portion of the uterus.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The back, interior part of the eye, accommodating the retina and associated blood vessels, etc.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The uppermost hollow of the stomach, which in humans forms a bulge above where the oesophagus enters the stomach.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The deepest part of a sulcus, such as of the sulci of the human cerebral cortex.