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Definition of: angina
(an·jī′nə, an′jə·nə) noun
1. Any disease characterized by spasmodic suffocating pain, as quinsy, croup, etc.
2. Angina pectoris. [<L, quinsy <angere choke]
—an·gi′nal adjective
—an·gi·nose (an′jə·nōs) adjective
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