Cynanche

  • 31Quinsy — Not a TV detective but an old word for a peritonsillar abscess. Whether you call it quinsy or a peritonsillar abscess, it is a collection of pus (an abscess) behind the tonsils that pushes one of the tonsils toward the uvula (the prominent soft… …

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  • 32James Craik — (* 1730 in Kirkcudbright, Schottland; † 6. Februar 1814 in Alexandria) war General Physician (Vorläufer des Generalstabsarzt) der United States Army sowie George Washingtons Leibarzt und enger Freund. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bildung und Auswanderung …

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  • 33ANGINE — On désigne par le terme angine toute affection infectieuse de la muqueuse de l’oropharynx. Le tableau habituel de l’angine aiguë associe la fièvre, un malaise général, des douleurs à la déglutition. L’examen de l’arrière gorge montre l’aspect… …

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  • 34Ангина Людвига — Ангина Жансуля Людвига Больной ангиной Жансуля Людвига: видны отёкшие подчелюстные лимфати …

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  • 35Disease — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disease disease Sgm: N 1 illness illness sickness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 ailing ailing &c.??? all the ills that flesh is heir to =>(Hamlet) Sgm: N 1 morbidity morbidity …

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  • 36quinsy — (n.) severe sore throat, c.1300, qwinaci, from O.Fr. quinancie, from L.L. cynanche, from Gk. kynankhe dog strangling, originally dog collar, from kyon (gen. kynos) dog (see CANINE (Cf. canine)) + ankhein to strangle, cognate with L …

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  • 37croup — n. 1. Rump (especially of a horse), buttocks, crupper. 2. (Med.) Cynanche (trachealis) …

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  • 38quinsy — quin•sy [[t]ˈkwɪn zi[/t]] n. pat an abscess located between the tonsil and the pharynx accompanied by a severe sore throat and fever • Etymology: 1300–50; ME quin(e) sie < ML quinancia, LL cynanchē < Gk kynánchē sore throat, quinsy… …

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  • 39quinsy — /ˈkwɪnzi/ (say kwinzee) noun (plural quinsies) a suppurative inflammation of the tonsils; suppurative tonsillitis. {Middle English qwinaci, from Medieval Latin quinancia, from Late Latin cynanchē, from Greek kynanchē sore throat} …

  • 40quinsy — [kwin′zē] n. [ME quinaci < ML quinancia < LL cynanche < Gr kynanchē, inflammation of the throat, lit., dog choking < kyōn, dog (see HOUND1) + anchein, to choke (see ANGER)] former term for TONSILLITIS …

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