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1. (n.) angina
any attack of painful spasms or crushing pressure accompanied by a sensation of suffocating.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L: quinsy, for *ancina < Gk anchónē, strangulation)
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1. (noun) angina
any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
2. (noun) angina pectoris, angina
a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart
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1. (noun) angina
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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