angina

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Angina pectoris.
• noun A condition, such as severe sore throat, in which spasmodic attacks of suffocating pain occur.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In pathology, any inflammatory affection of the throat or fauces, as quinsy, severe sore throat, croup, mumps, etc.
• noun Angina pectoris (which see, below).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (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.
• noun 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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun pathology, incorrect Angina pectoris.
• noun pathology An inflammatory infection of the throat, such as quinsy.
• noun pathology, cardiology A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain
• noun a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heart