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 tonsillitis

  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)