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Definition of Fundus
1. Noun. (anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening. "The fundus of the stomach"
Category relationships: Anatomy, General Anatomy
Definition of Fundus
1. n. The bottom or base of any hollow organ; as, the fundus of the bladder; the fundus of the eye.
Definition of Fundus
1. Noun. (anatomy) the large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially ¹
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Definition of Fundus
1. the inner basal surface of a bodily organ [n -DI] : FUNDIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Fundus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fundus
Literary usage of Fundus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"The uterus was opened by an incision extending over the fundus equally anteriorly
and posteriorly, to avoid adhesions to the abdominal wall subsequently. ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"It is thick opposite the middle of the body and fundus, and thin at the orifices
... It consists of fibres which pass transversely across the fundus, and, ..."
3. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1893)
"IL] GLANDS OF THE fundus. rennet-ferment. When acidulated with HC1 it digests
fibrin abundantly. It contains no diastatic ferment. ..."
4. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"15) are cut off on, their return from the fundus, a, so that this spot is not
... In making a systematic examination of the fundus we begin at the ]«i¡n'Ua. ..."
5. Operative gynecology by Harry Sturgeon Crossen (1917)
"The posterior surface of the fundus uteri is sutured, by two or three silk sutures,
... Ventro-Suspension of fundus Uteri (Kelly technique). ..."
6. The Anatomy of the Frog by Alexander Ecker, George Haslam (1889)
"I, I •• t ',<i > -A ', -• • > -•., mouths and necks of the glands of the
fundus (Partsch, Langley). The cells are of two kinds only (Fig. 188). ..."
7. A Text book of ophthalmology by John Westley Wright (1896)
"THE NORMAL fundus OCULI AS SEEN WITH THE OPHTHALMOSCOPE. Its Color. The color of
the fundus oculi varies in different races. Among the white races it has a ..."