angina








noun Pathology.

  1. any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
  2. angina pectoris.
  3. any disease of the throat or fauces.

noun

  1. any disease marked by painful attacks of spasmodic choking, such as Vincent’s angina and quinsy
  2. Also called: angina pectoris (ˈpɛktərɪs) a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
n.

1570s, from Latin angina “infection of the throat,” from Greek ankhone “a strangling” (see anger); probably influenced in Latin by angere “to throttle.” Angina pectoris is from 1744, from Latin pectoris, genitive of pectus “chest” (see pectoral (adj.)).

n.

  1. A severe constricting pain, especially angina pectoris.
  2. A sore throat.
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