cardia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Doublet of heart and possibly of core.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)diə

Noun

cardia (plural cardias or cardiae)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• acarid, cariad

Pronunciation

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Noun

cardia f (plural cardias)

1. cardia

Further reading

• “cardia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Cognate with Greek καρδιά (kardiá), Mariupol Greek кардъи́я (karðíja).

Pronunciation

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Noun

cardia f

1. heart