FUNDAMENTAL

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 4

adj. Fu'n-da-me'nt'a'l. Lat.,/undamentnlis Fr., fundamental. Ger., we sent lich. It., fonda men tale. Sp / 1 Serving as a foundation. 2. E ential (said of the axis of a and iU appendages). [B, 19. 291 (a, 24).] See F. TISSUE plant, and F. SPIRAL. [s. 120]