Cardia Definition

kärdē-ə
cardiae, cardias
noun
The opening of the esophagus into the stomach.
American Heritage Medicine
The upper portion of the stomach that adjoins this opening.
American Heritage Medicine

(anatomy) The heart.

Wiktionary
pronoun

A former town in Thrace.

Wiktionary
suffix

Used to describe conditions of the heart.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Cardia

Noun

Singular:
cardia
Plural:
cardiae, cardias

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?"

  • 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.

  • The latent discontent of the allies was soon fanned into hostility by the intrigues of Mausolus, prince of Cardia, who was anxious to extend his kingdom.

  • Though some of the masonry in the ruins is certainly pre-Roman, Suidas's identification of it with Cyinda, famous as a treasure city in the wars of Eumenes of Cardia, cannot be accepted in the face of Strabo's express location of Cyinda in western 'Cilicia.

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Words Starting With

CCACAR

Words Ending With

AIADIA

Unscrambles

cardia

Words Starting With C and Ending With A

Starts With C & Ends With AStarts With CA & Ends With AStarts With C & Ends With IA

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With C6 Letter Words Ending With A