(n.) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two Libyan brothers with achalasia of the cardia, microcephaly, and mental retardation are described.
(2) Serum analyte results for greater than 5000 black and white men and women in the CARDIA Study showed clinically and statistically significant differences by race and sex for values of aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyltransferase, alkaline phosphatase, total bilirubin, total protein, and albumin; these differences were not explained by differences in age, body mass, reported ethanol intake, smoking, or oral contraceptive use.
(3) Gradually, the indications for the abdominal approach have become dominant, even if the cardia cannot be lowered.
(4) This procedure is one of the best approaches for carcinoma of gastric cardia according to our criteria.
(5) Three cases of adenocarcinoma of the lower esophagus and cardia which is considered to be difficult to control by radiotherapy alone, were given radical irradiation combined with FT-207 suppository.
(6) Based on a material of 223 patients treated for cardia carcinoma the surgical problems and the results after palliative, radical and enlarged resection are discussed.
(7) Most of these functional disorders were of benign nature, including simple or complicated reflux disease of the oesophagus, achalasia of the cardia, para-oesophageal and mixed hiatus hernia, and diverticulum.
(8) During the last 10 years the authors observed 71 cases of adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia, including 7 cases of linitis plastica.
(9) They comprised 1.3% of 932 cancers of the gastric cardia treated during the same interval.
(10) The physiological parameters in healthy cardia and the cardia muscle system in achalasia did not vary significantly from one another.
(11) Nd:YAG laser therapy is an attractive palliative treatment for carcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia.
(12) The former ones include cardia insufficiency, deranged bowel function, rectal syndrome, diseases of the gallbladder, pathology of the liver and pancreas; among the latter ones are essential hypertension, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, chronic nonspecific pulmonary diseases, and diabetes mellitus.
(13) We have also, since June 1983, employed a left thoracotomy approach for lesions of the gastric cardia and mid- or lower oesophagus.
(14) A weak interaction effect between smoking and vodka drinking was found for intestinal cardia cancer.
(15) Tumors of the gastroesophageal junction were not linked to H. pylori infection, nor were tumors in the gastric cardia.
(16) Palliative intubation for inoperable malignant strictures at the cardia was done on 16 occasions in 13 patients using fiberoptic endoscopy.
(17) Cholesterol levels are representative and somewhat lower blood pressures in CARDIA are probably, at least in part, due to differences in measurement methods.
(18) In 12 dogs, a Vicryl scarf was laid around the cardia; six dogs served as controls.
(19) A food bolus was found at the junction of the caudal thoracic portion of the esophagus and the cardia.
(20) Clinical features of carcinoma located at the cardia should be differentiated from carcinoma of the stomach or the esophagus.
Town
Definition:
(adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
(adv. & prep.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop.
(adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely populated place, whether incorporated or not, in distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
(adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
(adv. & prep.) A township; the whole territory within certain limits, less than those of a country.
(adv. & prep.) The court end of London;-- commonly with the.
(adv. & prep.) The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
(adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.
Example Sentences:
(1) For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans' strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities.
(2) It is my desperate hope that we close out of town.” In the book, God publishes his own 'It Getteth Better' video and clarifies his original writings on homosexuality: I remember dictating these lines to Moses; and afterward looking up to find him staring at me in wide-eyed astonishment, and saying, "Thou do knowest that when the Israelites read this, they're going to lose their fucking shit, right?"
(3) A more substantial decrease was found in Aberdeen and the larger towns near to Aberdeen than in the smaller towns further from the city.
(4) He had been just asked to open their new town hall, in the hope he might donate a Shakespeare statue.
(5) Nearly four months into the conflict, rebels control large parts of eastern Libya , the coastal city of Misrata, and a string of towns in the western mountains, near the border with Tunisia.
(6) The case was tried in a town called St Francisville, the closest courthouse to Angola.
(7) The autopsy findings in 41 patients with University of Cape Town aortic valve prostheses were studied.
(8) It will act as a further disincentive for women to seek help.” When Background Briefing visited Catherine Haven in February, the refuge looked deserted, and most of its rooms were empty, despite the town having one of the highest domestic violence rates in the state.
(9) He said: "This is a wonderful town but Tesco will suck the life out of the greengrocers, butchers, off-licence, and then it is only a matter of time for us too.
(10) Conservative commentators responded with fury to what they believed was inappropriate meddling at a crucial moment in the town hall debate.
(11) The article reflects the experience in the work of the manual therapy consulting-room at the Smela town hospital named after N. A. Semashko in Chernigov Province from November 1985 to December 1987 inclusive.
(12) In October, an episode of South Park saw the whole town go gluten-free (the stuff, it was discovered, made one’s penis fly off).
(13) But no one was sure, and in this information vacuum the virus reached nearby towns and crossed borders.
(14) But last year Rosi Santoni, one of the relatives who helped look after her, said she had plenty of family to care for her and had many friends in the town.
(15) He wound up repossessing the cars of workers who fled town after the bust.
(16) It was shown that: although the oral hygiene level was very low and no dental treatments were performed, caries level was very low--although gingivitis rate was high, advanced periodontitis rate was low--the frequency of interincisive diastema (one subject out of 4 in the 15-19 age group), the progressive decline of tooth cutting, a traditional practice, in town people but the large extent of cola use (one adult out of two).
(17) "There were around 50 attackers, heavily armed in three vehicles, and they were flying the Shebab flag," Maisori added, speaking from the town, where several buildings including hotels, restaurants, banks and government offices were razed to the ground.
(18) Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside) This gnome, who lives in the shrubbery of Guardian gardening expert Jane Perrone, will be rooting for Luton Town this afternoon.
(19) Barbacoas is a small port town in south-west Colombia, which linked the southern regions of the country in the 19th and 20th century.
(20) In 2013, the town’s municipal court generated $221,164 (or $387 for each of its residents), with much of the fees coming from ticketing non-residents.