CARDIAC SPHINCTER as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach
   • the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction
   Hypernyms(s) cardiac sphincter is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • physiological sphincter (what does physiological sphincter mean?)