angina

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: an=gi=na

CIDE DICTIONARY

angina, n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See Anger, n.].

 Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath.  [1913 Webster]

Angina pectoris (, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

angina, n.
1 an attack of intense constricting pain often causing suffocation.
2 (in full angina pectoris) pain in the chest brought on by exertion, owing to an inadequate blood supply to the heart.

Etymology

L, = spasm of the chest f. angina quinsy f. Gk agkhone strangling

THESAURUS

angina

ache, aching, angina pectoris, aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis, apoplectic stroke, apoplexy, arrhythmia, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, auricular fibrillation, backache, bellyache, beriberi heart, cardiac arrest, cardiac insufficiency, cardiac shock, cardiac stenosis, cardiac thrombosis, carditis, cephalalgia, colic, collywobbles, congenital heart disease, cor biloculare, cor juvenum, cor triatriatum, coronary, coronary insufficiency, coronary thrombosis, diastolic hypertension, earache, encased heart, endocarditis, extrasystole, fatty heart, fibroid heart, flask-shaped heart, fret, frosted heart, gnawing, gripe, gripes, gut-ache, hairy heart, headache, heart attack, heart block, heart condition, heart disease, heart failure, heartburn, hemicrania, high blood pressure, hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, ischemic heart disease, megrim, migraine, mitral insufficiency, mitral stenosis, myocardial infarction, myocardial insufficiency, myocarditis, myovascular insufficiency, odontalgia, otalgia, ox heart, palpitation, paralytic stroke, paroxysmal tachycardia, pericarditis, pile, premature beat, pseudoaortic insufficiency, pulmonary insufficiency, pulmonary stenosis, pyrosis, rheumatic heart disease, round heart, sclerosis, sick headache, splitting headache, stomachache, stony heart, stroke, tachycardia, throbbing pain, thrombosis, toothache, tricuspid insufficiency, tricuspid stenosis, turtle heart, varicose veins, varix, ventricular fibrillation

ROGET THESAURUS

angina

Physical Pain

N physical pain, pain, suffering, sufferance, suffrance, bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain, mental suffering, dolour, ache, aching, smart, shoot, shooting, twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris, hurt, cut, sore, soreness, discomfort, malaise, cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica, tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis, spasm, cramp, nightmare, ephialtes, crick, stitch, thrill, convulsion, throe, throb, pang, colic, kink, sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting, gnawing pain, burning pain, excruciating pain, anguish, agony, torment, torture, rack, cruciation, crucifixion, martyrdom, toad under a harrow, vivisection, in pain, in a state of pain, pained, gouty, podagric, torminous, painful, aching, sore, raw, Special Sensation (1) Touch.