Meanings
alternative angina
- uncountablecardiologyIntermittent crushing chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia.
Synonyms: angina, pectoral angina, stenocardia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIntermittent crushing chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- New Latinangina pectoris
- Englishangina pectoris
Learned borrowing from New Latin angina pectoris (1700s).
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Arabic ذَبْحَة صَدْرِيَّة
- ذَبْحَة صَدْرِيَّةintermittent chest pain
Bulgarian гръдна жаба, ангина пекторис
- гръдна жаба (grădna žaba)intermittent chest pain
- ангина пекторис (angina pektoris)intermittent chest pain
Catalan angina de pit
- angina de pitintermittent chest pain
Chinese Mandarin 心絞痛 /心绞痛, 狹心症 /狭心症
- 心絞痛 /心绞痛 (xīnjiǎotòng)intermittent chest pain
- 狹心症 /狭心症 (xiáxīnzhèng)intermittent chest pain
Dutch angina pectoris
- angina pectorisintermittent chest pain
Esperanto brustangoro, brustangino
- brustangorointermittent chest pain
- brustanginointermittent chest pain
Finnish rasitusrintakipu, angina pectoris
- rasitusrintakipuintermittent chest pain
- angina pectorisintermittent chest pain
French angine de poitrine
- angine de poitrineintermittent chest pain
German Angina Pectoris, Herzbeklemmung
- Angina Pectorisintermittent chest pain
- Herzbeklemmungintermittent chest pain
Greek στηθάγχη
- στηθάγχη (stithánchi)intermittent chest pain
Indonesian angina pektoris
- angina pektorisintermittent chest pain
Irish aingíne chléibh
- aingíne chléibhintermittent chest pain
Italian angina pectoris
- angina pectorisintermittent chest pain
Japanese 狭心症
- 狭心症 (kyōshinshō)intermittent chest pain
Korean 협심증
- 협심증 (hyeopsimjeung)intermittent chest pain
Persian آنژین صدری
- آنژین صدری (ânžin-e sadri)intermittent chest pain
Polish dusznica bolesna, dławica piersiowa
- dusznica bolesnaintermittent chest pain
- dławica piersiowaintermittent chest pain
Portuguese angina de peito, angina do peito
- angina de peitointermittent chest pain
- angina do peitointermittent chest pain
Romanian angină pectorală
- angină pectoralăintermittent chest pain
Russian стенокарди́я, грудна́я жа́ба
- стенокарди́я (stenokardíja)intermittent chest pain
- грудна́я жа́ба (grudnája žába)intermittent chest pain
Scottish Gaelic greim-cridhe
- greim-cridheintermittent chest pain
Spanish angina de pecho
- angina de pechointermittent chest pain
Swedish kärlkramp
- kärlkrampintermittent chest pain
Tagalog paninikip-dibdib
- paninikip-dibdibintermittent chest pain
Cite this entry
angina pectoris. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angina%20pectoris
“angina pectoris.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angina%20pectoris. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “angina pectoris,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/angina%20pectoris.
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