peritonsillar abscess

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsquinsy

   Broaderangina

Questions about peritonsillar abscess

What does peritonsillar abscess mean?

peritonsillar abscess means "a painful pus filled inflammation of the tonsils and surrounding tissues; usually a complication of tonsillitis".

What is another word for peritonsillar abscess?

Close synonyms include quinsy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peritonsillar abscess a common word?

peritonsillar abscess is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.