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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Angina #79632 09/03/2002 7:03 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 You've all heard this word, relating to pain associated with coronary heart disease. But I'll bet that few of you know its first meaning was sore throat. n[gi[na 7an jj4n!, an4j! n!8 n. 5L, quinsy < Gr anchonc: see ANGER6 1 any inflammatory disease of the throat, esp. one characterized by spasmodic suffocation 2 a localized spasm of pain or any condition marked by such spasms; specif., ANGINA PECTORIS an[gi4nal or an4gi[nose# 73j! nbs#8 adj. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Angina #79633 09/03/2002 10:13 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wofahulicodoc: where are you when I need you? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Angina #79634 09/06/2002 6:36 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA What can I add? I didn't know it either :-) I've always thought of "angina" as meaning simply pain, the pain from obstructed coronary arteries being more precisely rendered as "angina pectoris," meaning pain in the chest. (Note that there are numerous other things in the chest that can hurt -- particularly the esophagus, as in GERD, for Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease, a regrettably common diagnosis these days as many Prilosec and Nexium users can attest. But that's another story.) And then there are the other kinds of angina - Vincent's Angina, (a.k.a. Trench Mouth), and Ludwig's Angina (a potentially serious infection of the floor of the mouth that usually starts around an infected lower molar). As they are conditions in the mouth region they are a _little_ truer to the original sense of the word, as described in the whh's title post. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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