Definition of quinsy Quinsy
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What does quinsy mean?
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NounPlural: quinsies |
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| quinsy - a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis | ||
| peritonsillar abscess | ||
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- quinsy (Noun)
A painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- quinsy (n.)
An inflammation of the throat, or parts adjacent, especially of the fauces or tonsils, attended by considerable swelling, painful and impeded deglutition, and accompanied by inflammatory fever. It sometimes creates danger of suffocation; -- called also squinancy, and squinzey.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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quinsy
kwin′zi, n. an inflammatory affection of the substance of the tonsils, attended when fully developed by suppuration.—ns. Quin′sy-berr′y, the common black-currant; Quin′sy-wort, a small trailing British herb of the madder family. [O. Fr. squinancie (Fr. esquinancie)—Gr. kynanchē—kyōn, a dog, anchein, to throttle.]
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🔤- quinsy, noun, singular of quinsies.
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