Angina Definition

ăn-jīnə, ănjə-
noun
Any inflammatory disease of the throat or mouth, esp. one characterized by spasmodic suffocation.
Webster's New World

A localized spasm of pain or any condition marked by such spasms; specif., angina pectoris.

Webster's New World
Angina pectoris.
American Heritage Medicine
A condition, such as severe sore throat, in which spasmodic attacks of suffocating pain occur.
American Heritage Medicine
(pathology, incorrect) Angina pectoris.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Angina

Noun

Singular:
angina
Plural:
anginas

Origin of Angina

  • From Latin angina (“quinsy, literally strangling, choking”), from angere (“to strangle, choke”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin quinsy from Greek ankhonē a strangling angh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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