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noun
The large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially:
The top, hollow portion of the uterus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
(anatomy) the base of a hollow organ or that part of the organ farthest from its opening
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
History
PIE word *bhudhmḗn From Latin fundus (“bottom”). Doublet of fond and fund.
Across languages
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