quinsy
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French quinencie, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin quinancia, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κυνάγχη (kunánkhē, “canine quinsy”), from κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἄγχω (ánkhō, “throttle”). Doublet of cynanche.
Pronunciation
Noun
quinsy (countable and uncountable, plural quinsies)
- (pathology) A peritonsillar abscess; 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.
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case Of Identity, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 2012, page 43,
- 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.
- 2010, Gurdeep Singh Mannu, Tunde Odutoye, ENT MCQs for Medical Students: With Explanatory Answers, page 130,
- b False. Quinsies are found at the back of the throat on either side of the uvula along the tonsils.
- c True. A quinsy grows as it swells with pus. This space-occupying effect can push the uvula away from it towards the opposite side.
- 2011, Kerryn Phelps, Craig Hassed, General Practice: The Integrative Approach, page 317,
- The patient may have cervical lymphadenopathy, trismus (moderate to severe increases suggestive of quinsy in acute setting), erythema of tonsils, crypt debris in tonsils or purulence of tonsils.
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Case Of Identity, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 2012, page 43,
Synonyms
- (painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues): peritonsillar abscess, squinance (obsolete), squinancy (obsolete), squinzey (obsolete)
Translations
painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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