Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Angina"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Angina \An*gi"na\, n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See
{Anger}, n.] (Med.)
Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the
quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such
as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of
breath.
{Angina pectoris}, a peculiarly painful disease, so named
from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of
the lower part of the chest; -- called also {breast pang},
{spasm of the chest}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
angina
n 1: any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic
attacks of intense suffocative pain
2: a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to
reduced oxygen to the heart [syn: {angina pectoris}]
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