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PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peritonsillar abscess mean? 

PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS (noun)
  The noun PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS has 1 sense:

1. a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitisplay

  Familiarity information: PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

peritonsillar abscess; quinsy

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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