quinsy
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[edit] Etymology
Old French quinencie, from mediaeval Latin quinancia, from Greek κυναγχη ‘canine quinsy’, from κύων ‘dog’ + αγχειν ‘throttle’.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkwɪnzi/
[edit] Noun
quinsy (plural quinsies)
- (pathology) 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.
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- 1891: He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weak throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘A Case Of Identity’ (Norton 2005 p.85)
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