单词 | angina |
释义 | anginan. Medicine. 1. Any of several severe infections affecting the throat or mouth, esp. when associated with difficulty in swallowing or breathing; an instance of this. Now rare except in Ludwig's angina, Vincent's angina.agranulocytic angina: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [noun] > quinsy or tonsillitis squinacya1325 quinsyc1390 squinancy1398 squinancec1450 strangullion1481 squinsy1499 squince1538 angina1559 chokes1562 prunella1656 cynanche1706 tonsillitis1801 paristhmitis1817 amygdalitis1876 peritonsillitis1897 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 33 It is praised also..for the diseases in the throte called angine [L. anginas] being gargild. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. Cv A daungerous Angina in your throate. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. i. 280 Knew the cold Cramp, th' Angine, and Lunacie. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 472 Afflicted with an Angina & soare Throat. 1780 J. Clark Observ. Fevers 247 Two children, whom I attended in the beginning of the epidemic [of scarlet fever], died, with every symptom of the most malignant Angina. 1852 T. Thompson Ann. Influenza 57 In February, 1738, coughs and anginas were very common amongst horses. 1890 Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic 6 Sept. 285/2 The special odor of syphilitic angina in the mouths of the fellatores, cunnilingi and pædicones..were often the source of the contagious diseases. 1908 Lancet 28 Mar. 925/2 When there was acute tonsillitis or angina,..the swallowing of anything at all is a painful process. 2014 K. I. Geren in J. H. Kahn et al. Geriatric Emergency Med. xvii. 163/2 Airway compromise is the leading cause of death in patients with Ludwig's angina. 2. A syndrome characterized by intermittent attacks of pain in the chest; = angina pectoris n. at Compounds. Also (usually with distinguishing word): intermittent attacks of pain occurring in other parts of the body as a result of impaired blood flow.tobacco angina: see the first element. [Probably originally short for angina pectoris n. at Compounds.] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > [noun] > angina angor1665 sternalgia1822 breast pang1826 angina1829 1829 T. P. Teale Treat. Neuralgic Dis. 100 Repeated instances of ossification of the coronary arteries have been met with, in which the symptoms of angina were not present. 1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) II. 24 Some cases of sudden death are due to angina. 1963 B. B. Jackson Occlusion Superior Mesenteric Artery v. 94 Each aged person undergoing abdominal surgery should be carefully evaluated for symptoms of intestinal angina. 2003 Guardian 10 June ii. 10/3 A new science, known as pharmaco-nutrition,..analyses the metabolic errors that lead to clinical illness, in order to correct them before the first twinge of angina or fracture. Compounds angina pectoris n. Brit. /anˌdʒʌɪnə ˈpɛktərɪs/ , /ˌandʒᵻnə ˈpɛktərɪs/ , U.S. /ænˌdʒaɪnə ˈpɛktərəs/ , /ˌændʒənə ˈpɛktərəs/ a syndrome characterized by intermittent attacks of severe pain in the chest, often radiating to the left shoulder and arm, typically occurring in response to exertion, and caused by impairment of blood flow to the heart, usually by coronary arteriosclerosis. [ < scientific Latin angina pectoris (see quot. 1772, citing a letter read at the Royal College of Physicians in 1768) < classical Latin angina angina n. + pectoris , genitive of pectus pectus n.] ΚΠ 1772 W. Heberden in Med. Trans. (Royal Coll. of Physicians) 2 59 The seat of it, and sense of strangling and anxiety with which it is attended, may make it not improperly be called Angina pectoris. 1883 Daily News 6 July 5 The death of the Duke of Marlborough..from an attack of angina pectoris. 1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman vii. 73 Docility under the minor physical afflictions makes a stubbed toe as much a matter of apprehension as angina pectoris. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 3 May (Travel section) 18 I am 72 and suffer from angina pectoris but I consider myself quite active. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1559 |
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