CARDIA

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 3

(Lat.), n. f. Ka3rd'i2-a3. Gr., KapSia. Fr., c. Ger., Herz (1st def.), obere Magenmund (2d def.). 1. The heart. 2. As now generally used, the opening of the oesophagus into the stomach. [A, 301, 322.] [s. 85]