an illness in which the throat is painful and infected, often with an abscess near the tonsilsThis meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: seva from Russian Federation on 16/09/2015
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quinsy
noun countable/uncountable medical
US /ˈkwɪnzi/
Word Forms
singular
quinsy
plural
quinsies
DEFINITIONS1
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an illness in which the throat is painful and infected, often with an abscess near the tonsilsThis meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: seva from Russian Federation on 16/09/2015