(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:21:44

Car"di*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. heart, or upper orifice of the stomach.] Anat. (a)

The heart.

(b)

The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

 

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