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    QUINSY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitisplay

    Synonyms:

    peritonsillar abscess; quinsy

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("quinsy" is a kind of...):

    angina (any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain)

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