Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The opening of the esophagus into the stomach.
- noun The upper portion of the stomach that adjoins this opening.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The heart.
- noun The upper part of the stomach, where the esophagus or gullet enters it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The heart.
- noun The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy The section of the
esophagus that connects to thestomach . - noun anatomy The
heart .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, there was no impact on rates of cancer in the upper stomach - known as cardia gastric cancer, or on cancer of the oesophagus.
HealthandAge 2009
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The orifice by which the gullet enters the stomach is termed the 'cardia', probably on account of its neighbourhood to the heart or its sympathy with it.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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KRACK: Yes, but really we're trying to induce a reflex action, micratia cardia (ph), slowing of the heart, which is the oxygen - conserving mechanism.
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The babirusa stomach differs from that of the domestic pig chiefly in the enormous size of the diverticulum ventriculi, the prominence of the constrictions that delimit its three main divisions, and in the size and complexity of the cardia.
11 The Bearded Pig 1983
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Gizzard: a pouch-like structure between the crop and chylific ventricle furnished with chitinous teeth or plates, in which the food is prepared for the digestive juices by grinding or merely sifting = cardia.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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A small aperture was made in the wall of the stomach and a red rubber sound was at once introduced in the direction of the cardia and great tuberosity.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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For three days, every attempt made by Dr. Terrillon to remove the obstacle that evidently existed at the level of the cardia entirely failed.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888 Various
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The middle third is most frequently involved; and the lower third, near the cardia, comes next in frequency.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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The string stretched across the stomach from the cardia to the pylorus, is fished out with the author's pillar retractor, or is found with the retrograde esophagoscope (Fig. 43).
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Once the cardia is located and the esophagus entered, the remainder of the work is very easy.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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