angina
/ænˈdʒaɪnə/noun
mass noun
1
- （亦作angina pectoris /ˈpektərɪs/）a condition marked by severe pain in the chest, often also spreading to the shoulders, arms, and neck, owing to an inadequate blood supply to the heart心绞痛。
- ORIGIN: Latin pectoris 'of the chest'.
2
- with modifier any of a number of disorders in which there is an intense localized pain局部剧痛：
Ludwig's angina.
路德维希的绞痛。
词源
mid 16th cent. (in the Latin sense)： from Latin， 'quinsy'， from Greek ankhonē 'strangling'.