English-Thai Dictionary
quinsy
N โรค ต่อมทอนซิล อักเสบ tonsillitis rok-tom-tom-sin-ak-seb
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
QUINSY
n.s as z. 1. An inflammation of the throat; a species of angina which renders respiration difficult, or intercepts it.
2. An inflammation of the fauces, particularly of the tonsils.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
QUINSY
Quin "sy, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. squinancy, F. esquinancie, L. cynanche a sort of sore throat, Gr. synanche sore throat, Gr. Hound, Anger, and Cynanche. ] (Med. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
quinsy
quin sy |ˈkwinzē ˈkwɪnzi | ▶noun inflammation of the throat, esp. an abscess in the region of the tonsils. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French quinencie, from medieval Latin quinancia, from Greek kunankhē ‘canine quinsy, ’ from kun- ‘dog ’ + ankhein ‘throttle. ’
Oxford Dictionary
quinsy
quinsy |ˈkwɪnzi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] inflammation of the throat, especially an abscess in the region of the tonsils. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French quinencie, from medieval Latin quinancia, from Greek kunankhē ‘canine quinsy ’, from kun- ‘dog ’ + ankhein ‘throttle ’.
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