PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

peritonsillar abscess; quinsy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("peritonsillar abscess" is a kind of...):

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

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