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angina.

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

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæn.d͡ʒɪ.nə//ænˈd͡ʒaɪ.nə/

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

    broadly · countable · uncountable

  2. Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant). Ellipsis of angina pectoris (“chest pain of cardiac origin”).

    abbreviation · alt-of · broadly · countable · ellipsis · uncountable

  3. An inflammatory infection of the throat, especially quinsy; any sore throat, with or without tooth and gum involvement.

    countable · dated · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

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