cardia
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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Doublet of heart and possibly of core.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)diə
Noun
cardia (plural cardias or cardiae)
- (anatomy) The area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
- 2004, William H. Marquardt, Biology of Disease Vectors, page 300:
- In some insects different cell types can be identified microscopically within the cardia.
- 2012, Kin-ichi Nabeya, editor, Recent Advances in Diseases of the Esophagus:
- The first one is stripping from up to down for tumours in the cardias, the other one is stripping from down to up for cervical esophageal cancer.
- 2012, Werner Peters, Peritrophic Membranes:
- After several rinses in fresh culture medium the cardiae were transferred to sterilized vessels with culture medium which had been sterilized by filtration.
Derived terms
Translations
section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
cardia f (plural cardias)
Further reading
- “cardia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italiot Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Cognate with Greek καρδιά (kardiá), Mariupol Greek кардъи́я (karðíja).
Pronunciation
Noun
cardia f
Declension
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