Definition of "angina pectoris" [angina pectoris]

• Severe paroxysmal pain in the chest associated with an insufficient supply of blood to the heart. (noun)

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• "For two days and two nights it was more like angina pectoris, as I have heard it described; but this went off, and the complaint ran into its ancient pattern, thank God, and kept me only very ill, with violent cough all night long; my poor Robert, who nursed me like an angel, prevented from sleeping for full three weeks."