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Angina is chest pain that warns the heart isn't getting enough blood, and it deserves prompt medical attention.

means Chest pain or tightness caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscle, usually a warning sign of underlying coronary artery disease.

from From Latin angina meaning 'quinsy' or 'infection of the throat,' itself drawing on Greek ankhone, 'strangling.' The Latin word angere meant 'to choke or throttle' — the same root that gives us 'anxiety' and 'anguish.' The name stuck to heart pain because sufferers describe the sensation as a tightening, choking pressure in the chest, not a sharp stab — so the old word for a strangled throat got borrowed to describe a strangled heart.

actual meaning
latin for strangling, not stabbing
not a heart attack
warning siren, not the fire itself
trigger
exertion or stress starves heart of oxygen
relief
rest or nitroglycerin usually calms it fast
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