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fundus

/ˈfʌn.dəs/

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PIE word

*bʰudʰmḗn

From Latin fundus (“bottom”). Doublet of fond and fund.

noun fundi

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

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noun of the eye

中文	眼底 yǎndǐ

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@misc{fundus_2026,
  title = {fundus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fundus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}