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angina en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæn.d͡ʒɪ.nə/
  • (US) audio
  • /ænˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/

Etymology

From Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

Meanings

  1. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, countable, ellipsis, qualifier:usually strictly, uncountable) Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant). ▸ Ellipsis of angina pectoris (“chest pain of cardiac origin”).
  3. (countable, dated, uncountable) An inflammatory infection of the throat, especially quinsy; any sore throat, with or without tooth and gum involvement.

Forms

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Deriveds

pectoral angina · antiangina · angina tonsillaris · Vincent's angina · Ludwig's angina · angina pectoris · anginalike · Plaut-Vincent angina · nonanginal · postanginal · anginiform · Prinzmetal's angina · atenolol · anginoid · angina rheumatica · anginous · antianginal · herpes angina · anginal · angina Ludovici

Translations (26)

uk ангі́на (infection of the throat) · eo angino (infection of the throat) · ga aingíne (infection of the throat) · cmn 喉頭炎 /喉头炎 (infection of the throat) · uk стенокарді́я (chest pain) · fi rintakipu (chest pain) · fi angiina (infection of the throat) · eo brustangoro (chest pain) · bg ангина (infection of the throat) · da angina (chest pain) · el κυνάγχη (infection of the throat) · es angina (infection of the throat) · eo brustangino (chest pain) · ca angina (infection of the throat) · ar ذَبْحَة صَدْرِيَّة (chest pain) · ka ანგინა (infection of the throat) · sv kärlkramp (chest pain) · cmn 咽峽炎 /咽峡炎 (infection of the throat) · ru анги́на (infection of the throat) · pt angina (infection of the throat) · nn angina (chest pain) · nb angina (infection of the throat) · id angina (infection of the throat) · nn angina (infection of the throat) · da angina (infection of the throat) · nb angina (chest pain)