quinsy

[ kwin-zee ]

/ ˈkwɪn zi /

noun Pathology.

a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis; tonsillar abscess.

Words nearby quinsy

quinquennial, quinquennium, quinquepartite, quinquereme, quinquevalent, quinsy, quint, quint major, quint minor, quint., quinta

Origin of quinsy

1300–50; Middle English quin(e)sie < Medieval Latin quinancia, Late Latin cynanchē < Greek kynánchē sore throat

OTHER WORDS FROM quinsy

quin·sied, adjective

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Examples from the Web for quinsy

Whether the sore throat which killed her was a quinsy or diphtheria is difficult to prove, but the latter seems the more probable.
Napoleon's Letters to Josephine|Henry Foljambe Hall
Happiness is sometimes very wholesome, but it does not cure a quinsy off hand.
A Great Emergency and Other Tales|Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Her dog, my lady, has developed a quinsy, most unaccountable.
The Passionate Elopement|Compton Mackenzie
At this extraordinary sight the bishop was seized with a fit of laughter, which burst the quinsy, and saved his life.
Scotch Wit and Humor|W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe

“Perhaps his temperature has not returned to normal since his attack of quinsy,” Miss Smeardon observed, reassuringly.
Robinetta|Kate Douglas Wiggin

British Dictionary definitions for quinsy

quinsy

/ (ˈkwɪnzɪ) /

noun

inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues with the formation of abscesses

Word Origin for quinsy

C14: via Old French and Medieval Latin from Greek kunankhē, from kuōn dog + ankhein to strangle

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Medical definitions for quinsy

quinsy

[ kwĭn′zē ]

n.

peritonsillar abscess