Cardia meaning

kär'dē-ə
The opening of the esophagus into the stomach.
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The upper portion of the stomach that adjoins this opening.
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The opening of the esophagus into the stomach.
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The upper portion of the stomach that adjoins this opening.
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(anatomy) The section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach.
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(anatomy) The heart.
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A former town in Thrace.
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Used to describe conditions of the heart.
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Origin of cardia

  • Greek kardiā heart, cardiac orifice of the stomach kerd- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardia, “heart").
    From Wiktionary

Cardia Sentence Examples

  • And after losing Oropus, Amphipolis, Cardia, Chios, Cos, Rhodes, Byzantium, shall we fight about the shadow of Delphi?"

  • HIERONYMUS OF CARDIA, Greek general and historian, contemporary of Alexander the Great.

  • xix, 21 seq., 46; probably after Hieronymus of Cardia, who was living about 316).

  • Another Greek, Eumenes of Cardia, was chief secretary (apxtypa k uaTEUS).

  • They also made their way into the peninsulas of Acte and Pallene in the south, beyond the river Nestus in the east, and are even said to have raided Cardia.

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