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Webster 1913 Edition

Cynanche

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Cy-nan′che

(s?-n?n′k?)
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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a dog’s collar, a bad kind of sore throat. Cf.
Quinsy
.]
(Med.)
Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cynanche

CYNANCHE

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Noun.
[Gr., a dog-collar, angina; a dog, to press or bind, to suffocate.] A disease of the throat, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing. It is of several kinds and comprehends the quinsy, croop and malignant sore throat.

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