angina

[ an-jahy-nuh; in Medicine/Medical often an-juh-nuh ]

/ ænˈdʒaɪ nə; in Medicine/Medical often ˈæn dʒə nə /

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noun Pathology.

any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.

angina pectoris.

any disease of the throat or fauces.

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Origin of angina

1580–90; <Latin angina quinsey, for *ancina<Greek anchónē, strangulation, hanging, influenced by Latin ang(ere) to throttle (see anger)

Words nearby angina

Angerona, Angers, Angevin, angi-, Angie, angina, anginal, angina pectoris, angio-, angioblast, angiocardiography

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How to use angina in a sentence

All three are used for patients with angina, to improve blood flow and enhance function of the heart when it lacks oxygen.
Heart Experts Cast Doubt on Claims That Russian Skater's Drug Test Was Contaminated by Her Grandfather’s Medicine|Alice Park|February 16, 2022|Time
TMZ is prescribed to treat angina, because it can help increase blood flow to the heart and help the heart to work more efficiently.
Heart Experts Cast Doubt on Claims That Russian Skater's Drug Test Was Contaminated by Her Grandfather’s Medicine|Alice Park|February 16, 2022|Time
ITA reported that Valieva tested positive for a heart drug normally prescribed to treat angina, but that athletes have used to improve blood flow and endurance to allow them to train longer.
The Russian School at the Center of the Controversial Beijing Olympics Women’s Figure Skating Event|Alice Park|February 15, 2022|Time
In the early 1990s, scientists looking to treat high blood pressure and angina began testing Sildenafil, a drug that works by increasing blood flow to targeted areas.
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Vincent's angina is a chronic pseudomembranous and ulcerative inflammation of pharynx and tonsils.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
In pseudo-angina, frequently observed in hysterical women, its action is all that can be desired.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
It was the first positive manifestation of the angina which eventually would take him from us.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
It is a curious malady—that angina; even the doctors are acquainted with its manifestations, rather than its cause.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
Arnold died of a disease of the heart, which physicians have named by the expressive words "angina pectoris."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845|Various

British Dictionary definitions for angina

angina

/ (ænˈdʒaɪnə) /

noun

any disease marked by painful attacks of spasmodic choking, such as Vincent's angina and quinsy

Also called: angina pectoris (ˈpɛktərɪs) a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle

Derived forms of angina

anginal, adjectiveanginose (ænˈdʒaɪnəʊs, -nəʊz) or anginous, adjective

Word Origin for angina

C16: from Latin: quinsy, from Greek ankhonē a strangling

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