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car·di·a  (kärd-)
n. pl. car·di·ae (-d-) or car·di·as
1. The opening of the esophagus into the stomach.
2. The upper portion of the stomach that adjoins this opening.

[Greek kardi, heart, cardiac orifice of the stomach; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.cardia - the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus
orifice, porta, opening - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"


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Lewis, a professor of Preventive Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, used data collected in the CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) study to determine the correlation between a higher incidence of the metabolic syndrome among women ages 18-30 at the start of the study, who bore at least one child during the 20-year period following.
Nid dyma fy ngwrthwynebiad, nid crefydd 'di'r broblem fwyaf o bell ffordd hefo'r Dolig, dwi jest 'di cyrraedd y pwynt lle fedrai ddim wynebu parti "gwaith" arall, y gorfwyta, y cardia (ydw dwi'n cas[sz]u cardia Dolig gyda chas perffaith, dim ond un notch yn llai na'r gwallgofrwydd o gardia pen-blwydd).
Interestingly, our results didn't show a significant cut in the risk of oesophageal or cardia (upper) stomach cancer, so it's important that we continue to review data that suggests otherwise," she added.
 
 
 
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