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‖ angina Path.|ˈændʒɪnə, ænˈdʒaɪnə|
Also 6–7 angine.
[L. angina quinsy: cf. ang-ĕre to choke, strangle, and Gr. ἀγχόνη strangling. The L. was until recently supposed to be angīna, whence the erroneous pronunciation prevalent in English. Fr. angine (Cotgr.) was also in Eng. use.]
1. Quinsy.
1590Pasquil's Apol. i. C b, A daungerous Angina in your throate. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. (1641) 83/2 Knew the cold Cramp, th' Angine and Lunacy. 1645Evelyn Diary (1827) I. 341 Afflicted with an angina and sore throat. 1751Chambers Cycl., Angina is the same with that we popularly call quinzy. 1832Thompson Ann. Influenza 57 In February 1738 coughs and anginas were very common amongst horses. 1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 13 Scarlet fever and angina..often occur spontaneously.
2. (More fully, angina pectoris.) A dangerous disease, the paroxysms of which are characterized by sudden and severe pain in the lower part of the chest, towards the left side, with a feeling of suffocation and alarm of impending death; they are brought on by over-exertion when the heart is diseased; called also breast-pang, heart-stroke, and spasm of the chest.
1768W. Heberden in Med. Trans. (1772) II. 59 Angina pectoris. 1811Hooper Med. Dict. 51 Angina pectoris is attended with a considerable degree of danger. 1833J. Forbes in Cycl. Pract. Med. (ed. 3) I. 83 Angina occurs in both sexes. 1877Roberts Handbk. Med. II. 24 Some cases of sudden death are due to angina. 1883Daily News 6 July 5 The death of the Duke of Marlborough..from an attack of angina pectoris. |