fundus
Americannoun
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fundi
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Origin of fundus
1745–55; < Latin: literally, bottom
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The original sense of “bottom” survives in many words related to “fund,” including foundation, fundamental, profound and the medical term fundus, the area of a hollow organ that is farthest away from the organ’s opening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
It’s derived from the Latin fundus, meaning base or bottom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Currently, interpreting fundus images manually is “a lot of repetitive work”, Dr Channa says.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
Fundus autofluorescence is a non-invasive method for imaging the fundus of the eye.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
The fundus is all the upper rounded portion; the body all that portion between the fundus and the neck; and the neck all the rounded lower part.
From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Lydia Estes Pinkham
I knew Bombay to be a generous, honest man, entitled by his former services to be in the position he was now holding as fundi, or supervisor in the camp.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
The pupils, movements, and fundi are quite healthy.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
As a watchman he is invaluable, as a second captain or fundi, whose duty it is to bring up stragglers, he is superexcellent.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
The fundi, pupils, and ocular movements are all normal.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins
The men turned sullenly to their bales, and Asmani, the gigantic guide, our fundi, was heard grumblingly to say he was sorry he had engaged to guide me to the Tanganika.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
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