He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weal throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech.
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Quinsy
/ˈkwɪnzi/
Synonyms for "quinsy" (73 found)
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Noun(3 words)
peritonsillar abscessabscess of tonsilacute tonsillitis
acute bronchitisadenoiditisaluminosisamygdalitisanthracosilicosisanthracosisasbestosisasiatic fluasthmaatypical pneumoniabituminosisblack lung
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bronchial pneumoniabronchiectasisbronchiolitisbronchitisbronchopneumoniacatarrhchalicosischronic bronchitiscoldcollapsed lungcommon coldconiosiscoryzacroupcroupous pneumoniadouble pneumoniadry pleurisyemphysemaempyemaepidemic pleurodynia
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fibrinous pneumoniaflu
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grippehay feverhong kong fluinfluenzala grippelaryngitislipoid pneumonialobar pneumonialung cancerlung feverpharyngitispleurisypleuritispneumococcal pneumoniapneumoconiosispneumoniapneumonic feverpneumothoraxrheumsiderosis
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silicosissnifflessore throatswine fluthe snifflesthe snufflestonsilitisvirus pneumoniawet pleurisywhooping cough
Noun(6 words)
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9 entriesabscess of tonsilbacterial tonsillitischronic tonsillitislaryngeal inflammationphlegmon of tonsilsore throatthroat achetonsillitisviral tonsillitis
Collocations
6 entriesacute quinsyhistorical medical termperitonsillar abscesssore throatthroat infectiontonsillar abscess
Inflections
1 entriesSample sentences
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b False. Quinsies are found at the back of the throat on either side of the uvula along the tonsils. c True. A quinsy grows as it swells with pus. This space-occupying effect can push the uvula away from it towards the opposite side.
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The patient may have cervical lymphadenopathy, trismus (moderate to severe increases suggestive of quinsy in acute setting), erythema of tonsils, crypt debris in tonsils or purulence of tonsils.
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