Quinsy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quinsy \Quin"sy\, n. [Contr. fr. squinancy, F. esquinancie, L.
     cynanche a sort of sore throat, Gr. ? sore throat, dog
     quinsy, fr. ? dog + ? to choke; cf. also L. synanche sore
     throat, Gr. ?. Cf. {Hound}, {Anger}, and {Cynanche}.] (Med.)
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quinsy
       n : a painful pus-filled inflammation of the tonsils and
           surrounding tissues; usually a complication of
           tonsillitis [syn: {peritonsillar abscess}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words 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