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Definition of Cardiospasm
1. Noun. 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.
Medical Definition of Cardiospasm
1. Constriction of the lower portion of the food pipe (oesophagus) due to inability of the muscles to relax. Symptoms include difficulty swallowing, chest pain, vomiting and heartburn. Treatment includes oesophageal dilation using special instruments or medications (for example nitroglycerin, calcium channel blockers). (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardiospasm
Literary usage of Cardiospasm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prophylaxis and Treatment of Internal Disease: Designed for the Use of by Frederick Forchheimer (1910)
"cardiospasm.—The acute form may be controlled by having the pati take deep
inspirations ... One of ray patients an attack of cardiospasm after he has eaten ..."
2. Diseases of the digestive organs: With Special Reference to Their Diagnosis by Charles Dettie Aaron (1921)
"cardiospasm.—cardiospasm is not a rare occurrence. The treatment of this condition
will be quite different from that of malignancy, therefore an accurate ..."
3. The Practice of surgery by James Gregory Mumford (1914)
"cardiospasm' The term cardiospasm has been applied in recent years to a stricture
of the ... This sudden closure of the cardia is called acute cardiospasm. ..."
4. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"cardiospasm By far the most important type of functional obstruction of the
esophagus is that ... This condition of cardiospasm, though relatively rare, ..."
5. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1905)
"cardiospasm or spasmodic contracture of the lower end of the esophagus is by far
the most common cause. In the case described by Dr. Billings this condition ..."
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