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Definition of Fundus

Fundus: Latin word for the bottom. In medicine, fundus refers to the bottom or base of an organ.

For example, the fundus of the eye (the retina), the fundus of the uterus, and so on. The fundus of the stomach is inexplicably the upper portion.


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