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QUINSY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis
Synonyms:
peritonsillar abscess; quinsy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("quinsy" is a kind of...):
angina (any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain)
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