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fundus

/ˈfʌn.dəs/

fundus noun: the top, hollow portion of the uterus.

fundus: the top, hollow portion of the uterus
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Noun

fundus (plural fundi)

  1. The top, hollow portion of the uterus.
  2. The back, interior part of the eye, accommodating the retina and associated blood vessels, etc.
  3. The uppermost hollow of the stomach, which in humans forms a bulge above where the oesophagus enters the stomach.
  4. The deepest part of a sulcus, such as of the sulci of the human cerebral cortex.

fundus meaning in Tamil

fundus in Tamil

அடிப்பகுதி, அடி, அடிக்குழி, பிக்கத்தின் தல, விழிமயம், விழியடி

Forms of fundus

pluralfundi

Plural of fundus: fundi

Origin of fundus

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

Words formed from fundus

Questions about fundus

What does fundus mean?
Fundus means the top, hollow portion of the uterus.
What is fundus in Tamil?
Fundus in Tamil is அடிப்பகுதி, அடி, அடிக்குழி. See Fundus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fundus?
Fundus is a noun.
How do you pronounce fundus?
Fundus is pronounced /ˈfʌn.dəs/.
What is the plural of fundus?
The plural of fundus is fundi.

Words near fundus in the dictionary

  1. fundulid
  2. fundulids
  3. fundungi
  4. funduq
  5. funduqs
  6. fundus
  7. funduscope
  8. funduscopes
  9. funduscopic
  10. funduscopically
  11. funduscopies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fundus (page history and authors); fundus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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