1. A severe, often constricting pain, usually referring to angina pectoris.
2. Old term for a sore throat from any cause.
Origin
[L. quinsy]
abdominal angina
agranulocytic angina
crescendo angina
angina cruris
angina decubitus
angina diphtheritica
angina of effort
false angina
Heberden’s angina
hypercyanotic angina
intestinal angina
angina inversa
Ludwig’s angina
lymphatic angina
angina lymphomatosa
monocytic angina
necrotic angina
neutropenic angina
angina notha
angina pectoris
angina pectoris decubitus
angina pectoris sine dolore
angina pectoris vasomotoria
preinfarction angina
Prinzmetal’s angina
reflex angina
angina scarlatinosa
angina sine dolore
angina spuria
unstable angina
variant angina pectoris
vasomotor angina
angina vasomotoria
Vincent’s angina
walk-through angina