cardia

¹

[ kahr-dee-uh ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural car·di·ae [kahr, -dee-ee], car·di·as.

1. an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.

-cardia

²

1. a combining form occurring in compounds that denote an anomalous or undesirable action or position of the heart, as specified by the initial element:

   dextrocardia; tachycardia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cardia¹

1775–85; < New Latin < Greek kardía a medical term for this opening, literally, heart; perhaps so called because the opening is on the same side of the body as the heart

Origin of cardia²

Perhaps originally representing Greek kardía heart, though coincidence with the abstract noun suffix -ia has influenced sense

Example Sentences

“They were probably trying to use the certificates to open a line of credit at the Vatican,” said Cardia.

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Cardia said that “when we started questioning them their confidence faded rapidly.”

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The men were “very confident,” said Lt. Col. Davide Cardia of the tax police.

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“There will be a trial for attempted fraud, but since the men were not arrested, I am assuming they fled Italy,” said Cardia.

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Cardia; friendship, a friendly welcome, additional time granted for paying a debt.

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Another Greek, Eumenes of Cardia, was chief secretary (ἀρχιγραμματεύς).

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He had formed an alliance with Cardia, Perinthus and Byzantium.

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In this stage the peristalsis of the gullet is sufficient to force the food through the cardia.

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In the Chersonese then the Phenicians made themselves masters of all the other cities except the city of Cardia.

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