cardia

Speech parts

1. cardia - Noun

2. Cardia - Proper noun

Meaning

The heart.

The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gullet mouth cervical orifice pharynx esophagus pyloric throat buccal cavity foregut oral orifice first portion of the alimentary canal proximal stomach stomach inlet upper digestive tract

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Hypernyms

porta opening orifice

Phrases with the word

gastric cardia

Anagrams

acarid cariad Acrida

Examples

You beat the liver out of a goose to get a pâté; you pound the muscles of a man's cardia to get a philosopher. Djuna Barnes

Near the cardia is the lower esophageal sphincter. citation * The fundus (from Latin, "bottom") is formed by the upper curvature of the organ. Source: Internet

Modern surgical and medical textbooks have agreed that "The gastric cardia is now clearly considered to be part of the stomach." Source: Internet

So recently, Dr. Jacobs and colleagues from universities in the United States and overseas turned to a large trove of data collected over several decades for the Cardia study. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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