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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Quinsy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​q/quinsy.html. 1828.
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