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car·di·a

 (kär′dē-ə)
n. pl. car·di·ae (-dē-ē′) or car·di·as
1. The opening of the esophagus into the stomach.
2. The upper portion of the stomach that adjoins this opening.

[Greek kardiā, heart, cardiac orifice of the stomach; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
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cardia

(ˈkɑːdɪə)
n
a lower oesophageal sphincter
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car•di•a

(ˈkɑr di ə)

n., pl. -di•ae (-diˌi)
-di•as.
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
[1775–85; < New Latin < Greek kardía, literally, heart]

-cardia

a combining form occurring in words that denote an anomalous or undesirable action or position of the heart, as specified by the initial element: tachycardia.
[perhaps orig. representing Greek kardía heart, though coincidence with the abstract n. suffix -ia has influenced sense]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cardia - the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus
orifice, porta, opening - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"
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Translations

cardia

n. cardia, desembocadura del esófago en el estómago.
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References in periodicals archive ?
Las principales localizaciones de los tumores gastricos en esta poblacion se presentaron en la region del cardias con el 35.1% del total (IC 95% 22.3-47.9), seguido del antro pilorico con un 26.3% del total (IC 95% 14.5-38.1) y el cuerpo del estomago con el 19.3% (IC 95% 8.7-29.9); un caso se presento en la curvatura menor que corresponde al 1.8% (IC 95% 0-5.3), y en dos casos la localizacion del tumor no fue especificada lo que corresponde al 3.5% (IC 95% 1.4-8.4), no se encontro relacion estadisticamente significativa entre la localizacion del tumor y la mortalidad (P=0.168).Vertabla2.
Se observo desde el cardias hasta la parte craneal de la curvatura mayor del estomago, como se origina dorsalmente un pliegue de peritoneo que se extiende hasta la superficie visceral del lobulo izquierdo del higado y desde el cardias hasta el piloro, dirigido hacia la superficie visceral del lobulo derecho del higado, el cual constituye el omento menor (FIG.