cardia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagus

WordNet

Car"di*a noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. heart, or upper orifice of the stomach.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) (a) The heart. (b) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

Webster 1913