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angina

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an·gi·na /ænˈdʒaɪnə/ noun [uncountable]  MIa medical condition in which you have bad pains in your chest because your heart is weak 心绞痛
Examples from the Corpus
anginaCarcinoma, methadone, diabetes, depression, miscarriage and angina have poured down as unremittingly as the weather.It's for what the doctor calls angina.I was hospitalised for angina and my care was excellent.Poppers were initially manufactured as treatments for angina pectoris, a painful heart condition.In the early 1960s the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota researched exercise therapy as part of the treatment for patients suffering from angina.It was then shown the correct diagnosis in each case, broken into five categories, ranging from flatulence to angina.Sophia has unstable angina and is refusing surgery from which she might benefit.
Origin angina (1500-1600) Latin sore throat, from angere to strangle
an·gi·na nounChineseSyllable
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angina
angina /ænˈdʒaɪnə/ noun [uncountable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: 'sore throat', from angere 'to strangle'
a medical condition in which you have bad pains in your chest because your heart is weak


an·ginaBrE /ænˈdʒaɪnə/ 🔊NAmE /ænˈdʒaɪnə/ 🔊 (medical 医学 an·gina pec·toris BrE /ænˌdʒaɪnə ˈpektərɪs/ 🔊 NAmE /ænˌdʒaɪnə ˈpektərɪs/ 🔊) noun [uncountable] severe pain in the chest caused by a low supply of blood to the heart during exercise because the arteries are partly blocked 心绞痛