angina

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈæn.d͡ʒɪ.nə/
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/ˈæn.d͡ʒɪ.nə/ · /ænˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/

Definition of angina

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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

  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, uncountable)Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).
  3. (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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