Etymology

angina pectoris

Today it means: Intermittent crushing chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia. Full definition →

New Latin angina pectoris
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  1. New Latin · learned borrowing fromangina pectoris
  2. English todayangina pectoris

Learned borrowing from New Latin angina pectoris (1700s).

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