Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prinzmetal's angina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prinzmet-al's ang-i-na
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A syndrome typically consisting of angina (cardiac chest pain) at rest that occurs in cycles and is caused by vasospasm.

Uncountable

Etymology

It was described in 1959 by the American cardiologist Myron Prinzmetal (1908–1987), though it had been written about earlier.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Prinzmetal angina (alternative)

Questions

What does prinzmetal's angina mean?: A syndrome typically consisting of angina (cardiac chest pain) at rest that occurs in cycles and is caused by vasospasm.
Where does prinzmetal's angina come from?: It was described in 1959 by the American cardiologist Myron Prinzmetal (1908–1987), though it had been written about earlier.

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