Angina

n.

1.

(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.

Noun	1.	angina - any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
	2.	angina - a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart Synonyms: angina pectoris

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