Meanings
cardia1
plural cardias · plural cardiae
- anatomyThe area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
In some insects different cell types can be identified microscopically within the cardia.
2004, William H. Marquardt, Biology of Disease Vectors, page 3002 more examples
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, Kin-ichi Nabeya, editor, Recent Advances in Diseases of the EsophagusAfter several rinses in fresh culture medium the cardiae were transferred to sterilized vessels with culture medium which had been sterilized by filtration.
2012, Werner Peters, Peritrophic Membranes
Cardia2
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn ancient city in Thrace.
Origin
cardia · noun
- Ancient Greekκαρδία“heart”
- Englishcardia
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Doublet of heart and possibly of core.
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Full word history & related roots →Cardia · proper noun
- LatinCardia
- LatinCardia
- EnglishCardia
Borrowed from Latin Cardia.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan càrdies
- càrdiessection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
Chinese Mandarin 賁門 /贲门
- 賁門 /贲门 (bēnmén)section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
Czech kardie, česlo
- kardiesection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- česlosection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
Finnish mahansuu
- mahansuusection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
French orifice de l'estomac
- orifice de l'estomacsection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
German Magenmund
- Magenmundsection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
Hungarian gyomorszáj
- gyomorszájsection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
Icelandic munnahluti maga
- munnahluti magasection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
Italian cardias
- cardiassection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
Japanese 噴門
- 噴門 (funmon)section of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
Swedish övre magmunnen, cardia
- övre magmunnensection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
- cardiasection of the esophagus that connects to the stomach
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cardia
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Cite this entry
cardia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardia
“cardia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cardia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cardia.
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