Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun quinsy

1 sense of quinsy

Sense 1
quinsy, peritonsillar abscess -- (a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis)
       => angina -- (any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic attacks of intense suffocative pain)