anginaladj.
/anˈdʒʌɪnl/, /ˈandʒᵻnl/, U.S. /ænˈdʒaɪn(ə)l/, /ˈændʒən(ə)l/ Medicine.
1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of angina of the throat or mouth (see angina n. 1); = anginous adj. 1. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of throat > [adjective] > quinsy or tonsillitis
anginal1778
paristhmitic1822
quinsied1855
1778 G. Levison Acct. Epidemical Sore-throat 61 Whenever an anginal dyspnœa is at hand,..the bark cannot be administered without bringing on alarming symptoms.
1811 J. C. Lettsom in T. J. Pettigrew Mem. Life & Writings J. C. Lettsom (1817) III. 4 The anginal stridula may make its onset without that exudation in the throat.
1936 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 May 1104/1 It may be opportune to draw attention to an aetiological factor which is commonly present the anginal form [of agranulocytosis].
2. Of, relating to, or of the nature of angina pectoris; = anginous adj. 2.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of heart > [adjective] > angina
anginous1828
anginal1838
anginic1852
anginiform1870
anginoid1877
1838 C. J. B. Williams Lect. Physiol. & Dis. Chest xxvi. in London Med. Gaz. 25 Aug. 820/2 Severe anginal pain, cutting or tightening across the chest, and sometimes shooting to the back, neck, and arms.
1906 L. Williams Minor Maladies & their Treatm. v. 200 Where we find ourselves in an emergency, fact to face with a threatening of cerebral hæmorrhage or an anginal attack, no one would..hesitate to abstract blood from the arm.
2002 Daily Tel. 10 Sept. 16/3 It seems only sensible that those alerted by the onset of anginal chest pains should..have their narrowed arteries promptly dilated or bypassed with an operation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1778