different between angina vs prunella

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?

Etymology 1

From post-classical Latin prunella, from brunus + -ella, perhaps because of the plant's brown sepals.

Noun

prunella (plural prunellas)

1. (botany) A member of the genus Prunella of herbaceous plants, the allheals. [from 16th c.]

Etymology 2

From post-classical Latin prunella, alternation of brunella (“infectious epidemic”), from brunus + -ella.

Noun

prunella (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, medicine) Any of various diseases characterised by inflammation of the mouth or throat. [17th–18th c.]

Derived terms

• prunella salt

Etymology 3

Probably a variant of prunello, with reference to the colour of the fabric. Compare French prunelle.

Noun

prunella (uncountable)

1. (now rare, historical) A smooth worsted or silk fabric, generally black, formerly used for making shoes and clergymen's gowns. [from 17th c.]
   • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:

     When Edna knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz's front room door and entered, she discovered that person standing beside the window, engaged in mending or patching an old prunella gaiter.