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QUINSY

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 760 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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QUINSY , a See also: COMMON common See also: TERM term for acute suppurative tonsilitis (q.v.) . The See also: ENGLISH English word (formerly " squinzey ") is a corruption of Fr. esquinancie, from Gr . KuvayXrl WOW, See also: DOG dog, and ayxew, to choke), and is derived from the suffocating tendency of the ailment . End of Article: QUINSY
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