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noun
Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, typicalling with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty breathing and swallowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin cy̆nanchē, from Ancient Greek κῠνᾰ́γχη (kŭnắnkhē, “a dog's collar, a bad kind of sore throat”). Doublet of quinsy.
