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   ‖angina , n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See anger, n.]
   (Med.) Any inflammatory affection of the throat, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. [Obs.]
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   (Med.) Any spasmodic severe suffocative pain.
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   (Med.) Angina pectoris.
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   Angina pectoris , Chest pain caused by myocardial ischemia precipitated by exertion and relieved by rest.  It is so called because the pain is accompanied by a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.
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