quinsy

Word Type

n.

quinsy Meaning Definition

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.

Synonyms for quinsy

Asiatic flu,Hong Kong flu,acute bronchitis,adenoiditis,aluminosis,amygdalitis,anthracosilicosis,anthracosis,asbestosis,asthma,atypical pneumonia,bituminosis,black lung,bronchial pneumonia,bronchiectasis,bronchiolitis,bronchitis,bronchopneumonia,catarrh,chalicosis,chronic bronchitis,cold,collapsed lung,common cold,coniosis,coryza,croup,croupous pneumonia,double pneumonia,dry pleurisy,emphysema,empyema,epidemic pleurodynia,fibrinous pneumonia,flu,grippe,hay fever,influenza,la grippe,laryngitis,lipoid pneumonia,lobar pneumonia,lung cancer,lung fever,pharyngitis,pleurisy,pleuritis,pneumococcal pneumonia,pneumoconiosis,pneumonia,pneumonic fever,pneumothorax,rheum,siderosis,silicosis,sore throat,swine flu,the sniffles,the snuffles,tonsilitis,virus pneumonia,wet pleurisy,whooping cough

Synonym Search Links for quinsy

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