cardia
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Doublet of heart and possibly of core.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)diə
Noun edit
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 edit
Translations edit
section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
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Noun edit
cardia f (plural cardias)
Further reading edit
- “cardia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italiot Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Cognate with Greek καρδιά (kardiá), Mariupol Greek кардъи́я (karðíja).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cardia f
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