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Definition of angina noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

angina

noun
 
/ænˈdʒaɪnə/
 
/ænˈdʒaɪnə/
(medical angina pectoris
 
/ænˌdʒaɪnə ˈpektərɪs/
 
/ænˌdʒaɪnə ˈpektərɪs/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. severe pain in the chest caused by a low supply of blood to the heart during exercise because the arteries are partly blocked
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin, ‘quinsy’ ‘inflammation of the throat’, from Greek ankhonē ‘strangling’.
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