angina pectoris

[ pek-tuh-ris ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a syndrome characterized by paroxysmal, constricting pain below the sternum, most easily precipitated by exertion or excitement and caused by ischemia of the heart muscle, usually due to a coronary artery disease, as arteriosclerosis.

angina pectoris

/ ăn-jī′nəpĕk′tər-ĭs /

1. Episodic constricting chest pain, often radiating to the left shoulder and down the left arm, caused by an insufficient supply of blood to the heart. Coronary artery disease is a common cause of angina pectoris.

angina pectoris

1. Severe chest pains caused by an insufficient supply of blood to the heart .

Word History and Origins

Origin of angina pectoris¹

1760–70; < New Latin: angina of the chest

Example Sentences

Arnold died of a disease of the heart, which physicians have named by the expressive words "angina pectoris."

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I lately met with two cases which had been considered and treated as angina pectoris.

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I thought it was clearly established that Jimmie died from angina pectoris?

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"From angina pectoris," finished Kent, as the detective paused.

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It has been assigned as one of the causes of early atheroma and of angina pectoris.

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Related Words

• cardiovascular disease
• congestive heart failure