fundus

Plural: fundi

Noun

• The inner basal surface of a hollow bodily organ.
• (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening
  • "the uterine fundus"
  • "the fundus of the stomach"
• The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially:
• The top, hollow portion of the uterus.
• The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially:
• The back, interior part of the eye, accommodating the retina and associated blood vessels, etc.
• The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially:
• The uppermost hollow of the stomach, which in humans forms a bulge above where the oesophagus enters the stomach.
• The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially:
• The deepest part of a sulcus, such as of the sulci of the human cerebral cortex.

Examples

• He looked into the fundus of his tile bag, hoping for a ’Q’ and a ’U’.

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