different between angina vs ngina

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn.d??.n?/, /æn?d?a?.n?/
• Rhymes: -a?n?

Noun

angina (countable and uncountable, plural anginas)

1. (pathology) An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy.
2. (pathology) Short for angina pectoris.
3. (pathology, cardiology) A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage.

Usage notes

Although the use of angina as a shorthand for angina pectoris is common and accepted by most dictionaries, it may be considered imprecise or improper by some medical practitioners.

Related terms

• anginal
• angina tonsillaris
• angina pectoris
• angina rheumatica

Translations

References

• angina in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• angina in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Gianna, inanga

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /????i.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a??d??i.na/

Noun

angina f (plural angines)

1. (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

Further reading

• “angina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “angina” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “angina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “angina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????i.na?/
• Hyphenation: an?gi?na

Noun

angina f (plural angina's or anginae)

1. angina

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin angina (“choking, suffocation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????in?]
• Hyphenation: an?gi?na

Noun

angina (plural anginák)

1. (medicine, cardiology) angina, angina pectoris (intermittent crushing chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia)

   Synonym: angina pectoris

Declension

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From angere (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?an.?i.na/, [?ä???nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?an.d??i.na/, [??n??d??in?]

Noun

angina f (genitive anginae); first declension

1. choking, suffocation
2. quinsy, tonsillitis

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• “angina” on page 129/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Noun

angina m (definite singular anginaen, indefinite plural anginaer, definite plural anginaene)

1. (pathology) angina

References

• “angina” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “angina” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Noun

angina m (definite singular anginaen, indefinite plural anginaer or anginaar, definite plural anginaene or anginaane)

1. (pathology) angina

References

• “angina” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an???i.na/

Noun

angina f

1. tonsillitis

Declension

Further reading

• angina in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Noun

angina f (plural anginas)

1. (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

Further reading

• “angina” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Noun

angina f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. angina
2. (pathology) tonsillitis

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin angina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an?xina/, [ã??xi.na]

Noun

angina f (plural anginas)

1. (pathology) angina (infection of the throat)

Derived terms

• angina de pecho

Further reading

• “angina” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Native West African name; what language?”)

Noun

ngina (plural nginas)

1. (dated) The gorilla.
   • 1902, Percy Watkins Myles, James Britten, George Simonds Boulger, The Selborne magazine and "Nature notes" (volume 13)

     It traverses the whole range of animal life in tropical Africa, from the ngina or gorilla to the butterflies and ants: he makes the animals tell their own stories; and his text is illustrated with some telling drawings.

Anagrams

• Naing, Niang