different between cardia vs sphincter

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????? (kardía, “heart”). Doublet of heart.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)di?

Noun

cardia (plural cardias or cardiae)

1. (anatomy) The area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
2. (anatomy) The heart.

Derived terms

• -cardia

Translations

Anagrams

• acarid, cariad

Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kardía, “heart”). Cognate with Greek ?????? (kardiá).

Noun

cardia f

1. heart

Declension

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sphinct?r (“the muscle of the anus”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (sphinkt?r, “lace, band; contractile muscle”). Possibly related to sphinx (“the strangler”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sf??k.t?(?)/

Noun

sphincter (plural sphincters)

1. (anatomy) A ringlike band of muscle that surrounds a bodily opening (such as the anus or the openings of the stomach), constricting and relaxing as required for normal physiological functioning.

   Hyponyms: anal sphincter, lissosphincter, lower esophageal sphincter, pyloric sphincter, rhabdosphincter, sphincter of Oddi, upper esophageal sphincter, urethral sphincter

Derived terms

• sphincteral
• sphincteric
• sphinctero-

Related terms

• sphinx

Translations

References

• “sphincter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “sphincter”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

See also

• cardia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin sphinct?r (“the muscle of the anus”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (sphinkt?r, “lace, band; contractile muscle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sf??k.t??/

Noun

sphincter m (plural sphincters)

1. (anatomy) sphincter

Further reading

• “sphincter” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (sphinkt?r, “lace, band; contractile muscle”), from ??????? (sphíng?, “to bind tight or fast”) +? -??? (-t?r, “-er, -or”, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sfink.ter/, [?sfi?kt??r]

Noun

sphinct?r m (genitive sphinct?ris); third declension (Late Latin)

1. (anatomy) The sphincter, the muscle of the anus.

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: sphincter
• ? French: sphincter