FUNDUS
\fˈʌndəs], \fˈʌndəs], \f_ˈʌ_n_d_ə_s]\
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1. The bottom or lowest part of a sac or hollow organ, that farthest removed from the opening. 2. The cardiac end of the stomach, the main reservoir for the reception of food and its peptic digestion, partly shut off, during digestion, from the antrum, or pyloric end, by the prepyloric sphincter.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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phthisiologist
- One versed in phthisiology; a specialist the prevention and treatment of phthisis; phthisiotherapist.