CARDIA - Definition

Pronunciation:		k'ârdeeu
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus

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	See Also:	opening, orifice, porta

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Car"di*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? heart, or upper orifice of the stomach.] (Anat.) (a) The heart. (b) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.