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What is the noun for fundus?

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fundoplication

(surgery) An operation in which the gastric fundus (upper part) of the stomach is wrapped, or plicated, around the lower end of the esophagus and stitched in place, reinforcing the closing function of the lower esophageal sphincter. The esophageal hiatus is also narrowed down by sutures to prevent or treat concurrent hiatal hernia, in which the fundus slides up through the enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm.
Examples:

“In some patients, the fundoplication can be performed using minimally invasive surgery, or laparoscopy.”

“The retroflexed view in the stomach demonstrated findings consistent with a slipped fundoplication.”

“Total fundoplication and cardiopexy were performed as described by D'Netto et al.”

funduscope

(ophthalmology) An instrument for examining the interior of the eye (that is, for funduscopy).
Synonyms:

ophthalmoscope, fundoscope

funduscopy

ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye
Synonyms:

ophthalmoscopy

Examples:

“As a seeing, clinically silent eye, conservative management in this patient's treated eye via periodic funduscopy was a valid option.”

“This invention revolutionized ophthalmology and nowadays funduscopy is one of its most commonly used diagnostic tools.”

“Slit-lamp examination and funduscopy were performed in a darkened room without pharmacologic dilation.”

fundectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.

fundusectomy

(surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.

fundus

(anatomy) the large, hollow part of an organ farthest from an opening; especially

the top, hollow portion of the uterus and
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 the sulci in the human cerebral cortex.

Examples:

“Mild atherosclerotic changes of the retinal arterioles were seen in the right fundus, which was otherwise unremarkable.”

“Examination of the gastrectomy specimen revealed an indurated tumor with central ulceration located in the fundus.”

“The uterus measured 9.0 cm from fundus to cervix, 6.5 cm from cornu to cornu, and 3.0 cm from anterior to posterior.”

fundoscopy

Alternative form of funduscopy (see usage note about -u- and -o- spellings.)
Examples:

“Examples present of paediatric referrals without reference to fundoscopy, red reflex, Bruckner's test, stereopsis or oculomotor balance.”

“Dilated fundoscopy revealed a new large infero-temporal area of haemorrhagic retinitis, with exudates and vasculitis.”

“The authors suggest, however, that fundoscopy might have been the most useful diagnostic test to identify the patient's need for urgent neuroimaging.”

fundoscope

Alternative form of funduscope
Synonyms:

ophthalmoscope, funduscope

fundi

plural of fundus
Synonyms:

pundit, expert, master, scholar, authority, guru, maestro, specialist, sage, intellectual, thinker, doyen, savant, buff, whizz, boffin, egghead, brain, philosopher, adviser, bookworm, consultant, analyst, professor, mentor, teacher, wonk, solon, cognoscenti, one of the cognoscenti, learned one, self-appointed expert, member of a think tank, wizard, whiz, connoisseur, maven, virtuoso, geek, hotshot, ace, artist, adept, genius, cognoscente, crackerjack, meister, professional, crackajack, dab hand … more

Examples:

“We left fundi with the lion, instructing him to stay there until some of the other men came up.”

“I did not take fundi on my second expedition, for I had no real use for a second gunbearer.”

“This 2nd-century Roman agricultural fundi enjoyed its heyday during the 3rd and 4th centuries.”

fundi

(South Africa) An expert or guru.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“We left fundi with the lion, instructing him to stay there until some of the other men came up.”

“I did not take fundi on my second expedition, for I had no real use for a second gunbearer.”

“This 2nd-century Roman agricultural fundi enjoyed its heyday during the 3rd and 4th centuries.”

fundoplications

plural of fundoplication

fundusectomies

plural of fundusectomy

fundectomies

plural of fundectomy

fundoscopies

plural of fundoscopy

funduscopies

plural of funduscopy
Synonyms:

ophthalmoscopies

fundis

plural of fundi
Synonyms:

pundits, experts, masters, scholars, authority, gurus, maestros, specialists, sages, intellectuals, thinkers, doyens, savants, buff, whizzes, boffins, eggheads, brains, philosophers, advisers, bookworms, consultants, analysts, professors, mentors, teachers, wonks, solons, wizards, connoisseurs, geeks, mavens, hotshots, artists, virtuosos, crackajacks, dab hands, meisters, aces, crackerjacks, cognoscenti, adepts, professionals, geniuses, sharks, fiends, dabs, ninja, pros, hands … more

Examples:

“Inside the party, issue for issue, the realos and the fundis competed for the soul and stewardship of the Greens.”

“By the 1980s, all these new movements had become divided internally between what the German Greens called the fundis and the realos.”

“Health fundis will be pleased to know that South Africa is finally joining the western world in climbing on to the organic bandwagon.”

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