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OP You've all heard this word, relating to pain associated
with coronary heart disease. But I'll bet that few of
you know its first meaning was sore throat.
n[gi[na 7an jj4n!, an4j! n!8
n.
5L, quinsy < Gr anchonc: see ANGER6
1 any inflammatory disease of the throat, esp. one characterized by spasmodic suffocation
2 a localized spasm of pain or any condition marked by such spasms; specif., ANGINA PECTORIS
an[gi4nal or an4gi[nose# 73j! nbs#8
adj.
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