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cardiofundal

cardiofundal adjective: of or pertaining to the cardia and/or fundus of the stomach; being cardial, fundal, or both.

Adjective

cardiofundal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the cardia and/or fundus of the stomach; being cardial, fundal, or both.
    • cardiofundal varices
    • In practice, most gastroenterologists use the Sarin classification with the main distinction being cardiofundal vs lesser curvature GV.2021, Zachary Henry, Kalpesh Patel, Heather Patton, Wael Saad, “AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Bleeding Gastric Varices: Expert Review”, in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology...

Origin of cardiofundal

From cardia ± fundus + -al = cardial ± fundal.

Questions about cardiofundal

What does cardiofundal mean?
Cardiofundal means of or pertaining to the cardia and/or fundus of the stomach; being cardial, fundal, or both.
What part of speech is cardiofundal?
Cardiofundal is an adjective.

Words near cardiofundal in the dictionary

  1. cardioexcitatory
  2. cardiofacial
  3. cardiofaciocutaneous
  4. cardiofibroblast
  5. cardiofibroblasts
  6. cardiofundal
  7. cardiogastric
  8. cardiogenesis
  9. cardiogenetic
  10. cardiogenetics
  11. cardiogenic

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