angina

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
  2. noun a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart

Etymology

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

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