Angina

(an’ ‘-jin-ah or an-ji’-nah) \angere, to strangle]. Any disease attended by a sense of choking or suffocation, particularly an affection of the fauces or pharynx presenting such symptoms. A. acuta or simplex, simple sore-throat. A. extern a. Synonym of Mumps. A. laryngea. Synonym of Laryngitis. A. lingual is. Same as Glo itis. A. Ludovici, or A., Ludwig’s, acute suppurative inflammation of the connective ti ue surrounding the submaxillary glands. A. membranacea. Synonym of Diphtheria. A. parotidea, the mumps, or Parotitis. A. pectoris, a paroxysmal neurosis with intense pain and oppre ion about the heart. It usually occurs in the male after forty years of age, and is generally a ociated with diseased conditions of the heart and aorta. There is a sense of impending death, and frequently there is a fatal termination. A. pectoris vasomotor i a, aterm given by Nothnagel and Landois to an angina a ociated with vasomotor disturbances, coldne of the surface, etc. A., Pseudo-, a neurosis occurring in anemic females, characterized by a le grave set of symptoms and never resulting fatally. A. simplex. See A. acuta. A. tonsillar is, Quinsy. A. tracheal is, Croup. A. ulcero-membranus. See Tonsillitis, ch055.xhtml h 60