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A peritonsillar abscess; a painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues, usually a complication of tonsillitis, caused by bacterial infection and often accompanied by fever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: angina, squinancy, squinzey, squinzy
Antonyms: none provided
a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: peritonsillar abscess
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: angina
From Middle English quinesye, from Old French quinencie, from Medieval Latin quinancia, from Ancient Greek κυνάγχη (kunánkhē, “canine quinsy”), from κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἄγχω (ánkhō, “throttle”). Doublet of cynanche.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
ангина
(angina)
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Czech:
peritonzilární absces
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Esperanto:
angino
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Georgian:
ანგინა
(angina)
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Hungarian:
tüszős mandulagyulladás
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Irish:
sceith aincise
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Italian:
squinanzia
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Latin:
angina
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Māori:
katirehe
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Māori:
katitohe
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Norman:
stchinnancie
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Romanian:
anghină
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Romanian:
amigdalită
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Romanian:
gâlci
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Russian:
жа́ба
(žába)
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Russian:
анги́на
(angína)
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
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Scottish Gaelic:
at-bràghad
— painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues
