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angina
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angina
n.
angina pectoris, heart discomfort characterized by chest pain due to an insufficient supply of oxygen to the heart; throat infection, inflammatory disease of the throat (Archaic)
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Angina pectoris
Angina pectoris, commonly known as angina, is the sensation of chest pain, pressure, or squeezing, often due to ischemia of the heart muscle from obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries. While angina pectoris can derive from anemia, abnormal heart rhythms and heart failure, its main cause is coronary artery disease, an atherosclerotic process affecting the arteries feeding the heart. The term derives from the Latin angere ("to strangle") and pectus ("chest"), and can therefore be translated as "a strangling feeling in the chest".
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angina
Noun
1. any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
(hypernym) inflammatory disease
(hyponym) Vincent's angina, Vincent's infection, trench mouth
2. a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart
(synonym) angina pectoris
(hypernym) heart disease, heart condition, cardiopathy
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Angina (die)
nf.
angina, throat infection
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angina
nf.
angina, throat infection
