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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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