Angina Pectoris : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Angina Pectoris	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Angina Pectoris
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
angina pectoris n a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart Synonym(s): angina pectoris, angina
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Angina \[d8]An*gi"na\, n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See {Anger}, n.] (Med.) 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. {Angina pectoris}, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also {breast pang}, {spasm of the chest}.