'Quinsy' definitions:
Definition of 'quinsy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis [syn: quinsy, peritonsillar abscess]
Definition of 'Quinsy'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'quinsy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute bronchitis,
- adenoiditis,
- aluminosis,
- amygdalitis,
- anthracosilicosis,
- anthracosis,
- asbestosis,
- Asiatic flu,
- 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,
- Hong Kong flu,
- 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