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CARDIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cardia mean?
• CARDIA (noun)
The noun CARDIA has 1 sense:
1. the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus
Familiarity information: CARDIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("cardia" is a kind of...):
opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)
Context examples
A carcinoma that arises from the gastric cardia.
(Gastric Cardia Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An adenocarcinoma that arises from the gastric cardia.
(Gastric Cardia Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The category of adenocarcinomas of the gastroesophageal junction also includes the majority of adenocarcinomas previously called gastric cardia adenocarcinomas.
(Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction, NCI Thesaurus)
People with the highest activity had a 20% lower risk for 7 cancer types: esophageal adenocarcinoma, liver, lung, kidney, gastric cardia, endometrial, and myeloid leukemia.
(Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers, NIH)
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