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car·di·a    Audio Help   [kahr-dee-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -di·ae    Audio Help   [-dee-ee] Pronunciation Key, -di·as. Anatomy.
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.

[Origin: 1775–85; < NL < Gk kardía a medical term for this opening, lit., heart; perh. so called because the opening is on the same side of the body as the heart]
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