Angina

[æn'dʒaɪnə]

Definition

(noun.) any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

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Definition

n. any inflammatory affection of the throat as quinsy croup &c.: usually in medical phraseology with adjective as Angina rheumatica = rheumatic sore throat.—Angina pectoris a disease of the heart marked by paroxysms of intense pain beginning at the breastbone and radiating thence mainly towards the left shoulder and arm.

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