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||An*gi"na (&?;), n. [L., fr. angere to strangle, to choke. See Anger, n.] (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.

Angina pectoris (&?;), 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.

{ An"gi*nous (&?;), An"gi*nose` (&?;), } a. (Med.) Pertaining to angina or angina pectoris.

An"gi*o- (n"j*-). [Gr. 'aggei^on vessel receptacle.] A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covered by, a vessel.

An`gi*o*car"pous (n`j**kär"ps), a. [Angio- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) (a) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C. (b) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. Gray.

An`gi*og"ra*phy (&?;), n. [Angio- + -graphy: cf. F. angiographie.] (Anat.) A description of blood vessels and lymphatics.

An`gi*ol"o*gy (-l"*j), n. [Angio- + -logy.] (Anat.) That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.

||An`gi*o"ma (-"m), n. [Angio- + -oma.] (Med.) A tumor composed chiefly of dilated blood vessels.

An`gi*o*mon`o*sper"mous (n`j**mn`*spr"ms), a. [Angio- + monospermous.] (Bot.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod.

An"gi*o*scope (n"j**skp), n. [Angio- + -scope.] An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin.

An"gi*o*sperm (-n"j**sprm), n. [Angio- + Gr. &?;, &?;, seed.] (Bot.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the other division including gymnosperms, or those which have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the allied varieties, are gymnosperms.

An`gi*o*sper"ma*tous (n`j**spr"m*ts), a. (Bot.) Same as Angiospermous.

An`gi*o*sper"mous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.

An`gi*os"po*rous (&?;), a. [Angio- + spore.] (Bot.) Having spores contained in cells or thecæ, as in the case of some fungi.

An`gi*os"to*mous (&?;), a. [Angio- + Gr. &?; mouth.] (Zoöl.) With a narrow mouth, as the shell of certain gastropods.

An`gi*ot"o*my (&?;), n. [Angio- + Gr. &?; a cutting.] (Anat.) Dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body. Dunglison.

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An"gle ("g'l), n. [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus hook, Gr. 'agky`los bent, crooked, angular, 'a`gkos a bend or hollow, AS. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.] 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser.

To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.

2. (Geom.) (a) The figure made by. two lines which meet. (b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.

3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

Though but an angle reached him of the stone. Dryden.

4. (Astrol.) A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." [Obs.] Chaucer.

5. [AS. angel.] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak.

A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope.