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Noun: cardiac sphincter
  1. The valve between the distal end of the oesophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction

Type of: physiological sphincter

Part of: esophagus [N. Amer], gorge, gullet, oesophagus [Brit, Cdn]

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