angina
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- 7
- Words With Friends
- 10
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- 6
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Definition of angina
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).
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noun
- (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).
- (abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).
- (countable, dated, uncountable)An inflammatory infection of the throat, especially quinsy; any sore throat, with or without tooth and gum involvement.
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Etymology
From Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).
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