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car·di·a

(kär′dē-ə)

n. pl. car·di·ae (-dē-ē′) or car·di·as

1. The opening of the esophagus into the stomach.

2. The upper portion of the stomach that adjoins this opening.

[Greek kardiā, heart, cardiac orifice of the stomach; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

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cardia

(ˈkɑːdɪə)

a lower oesophageal sphincter

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car•di•a

(ˈkɑr di ə)

n., pl. -di•ae (-diˌi)
-di•as.

an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.

[1775–85; < New Latin < Greek kardía, literally, heart]

-cardia

a combining form occurring in words that denote an anomalous or undesirable action or position of the heart, as specified by the initial element: tachycardia.

[perhaps orig. representing Greek kardía heart, though coincidence with the abstract n. suffix -ia has influenced sense]

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Noun

cardia - the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus

orifice, porta, opening - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"

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cardia

n. cardia, desembocadura del esófago en el estómago.

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