angina
angina (an*jī"nȧ or an"ji*nȧ) , noun
[Latin, from angere to strangle, to choke. See anger, n.]
1.
(Medicine) 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. [Obsolete]
2.
(Medicine) Any spasmodic severe suffocative pain.
3.
(Medicine) Angina pectoris.
Collocations (1)
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.