CARDIOSPASM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiospasm mean? 

• CARDIOSPASM (noun)
  The noun CARDIOSPASM has 1 sense:

1. a spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed

  Familiarity information: CARDIOSPASM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIOSPASM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spasm of the cardiac sphincter (between the esophagus and the stomach); if the cardiac sphincter does not relax during swallowing the passage of food into the stomach is obstructed

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cardiospasm" is a kind of...):

spasm ((pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel))