angina
1. any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain • Hypernyms: inflammatory disease • Hyponyms: Vincent's angina, Vincent's infection, trench mouth, quinsy, peritonsillar abscess, croup, spasmodic laryngitis 2. a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart • Syn: angina pectoris • Derivationally related forms: anginous, anginal • Hypernyms: heart disease, cardiopathy
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