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cynanche.

Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, typicalling with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty breathing and swallowing.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, typicalling with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty breathing and swallowing.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin cy̆nanchē, from Ancient Greek κῠνᾰ́γχη (kŭnắnkhē, “a dog's collar, a bad kind of sore throat”). Doublet of quinsy.

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