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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cardia
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.

Etymology: (1775–85; < NL < Gk kardía, lit., heart)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cardia
the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) cardia
the heart

2. (noun) cardia
the anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it

Definition of 'cardia'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. cardia
That part of the STOMACH close to the opening from ESOPHAGUS into the stomach (cardiac orifice), the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION. The cardia is so named because of its closeness to the HEART. Cardia is characterized by the lack of acid-forming cells (GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS).

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