• IPA: /ˈkwɪnzi/

quinsy

1. (pathology) A Peritonsillar abscess; 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.
   • 1892, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Case of Identity”, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 02541507 ↗, page 63 ↗:

     He'd had the quinsy and swollen glands when he was young, he told me, and it had left him with a weal throat, and a hesitating, whispering fashion of speech.

   • 2010, Gurdeep Singh Mannu, Tunde Odutoye, ENT MCQs for Medical Students: With Explanatory Answers, page 130 ↗,

     b False. Quinsies are found at the back of the throat on either side of the uvula along the tonsils.

     c True. A quinsy grows as it swells with pus. This space-occupying effect can push the uvula away from it towards the opposite side.

   • 2011, Kerryn Phelps, Craig Hassed, General Practice: The Integrative Approach, page 317 ↗,

     The patient may have cervical lymphadenopathy, trismus (moderate to severe increases suggestive of quinsy in acute setting), erythema of tonsils, crypt debris in tonsils or purulence of tonsils.

• (painful pus-filled inflammation or abscess of the tonsils and surrounding tissues) peritonsillar abscess, squinance (obsolete), squinancy (obsolete), squinzey (obsolete)

• Russian: жа́ба