Quinsy vs Tonsilitis - What's the difference?
quinsy | tonsilitis |
(pathology) 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.
As nouns the difference between quinsy and tonsilitis
is that quinsy is 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 while tonsilitis is an alternative spelling of lang=en.quinsy
English
(wikipedia quinsy)Alternative forms
* quinsey (obsolete)Noun
(quinsies)- 1891: He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weak throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech. — Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘A Case Of Identity’ (Norton 2005 p.85)