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cynanche

cynanche noun: any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, typicalling with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty breathing and swallowing.

Noun

cynanche (plural cynanches)

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

cynanche meaning in Tamil

cynanche in Tamil

கடும் தொண்டைப்புண், தொண்டைப்புண்

Forms of cynanche

pluralcynanches

Origin of cynanche

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

Questions about cynanche

What does cynanche mean?
Cynanche means any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, typicalling with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty breathing and swallowing.
What is cynanche in Tamil?
Cynanche in Tamil is கடும் தொண்டைப்புண், தொண்டைப்புண். See Cynanche meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cynanche?
Cynanche is a noun.
What is the plural of cynanche?
The plural of cynanche is cynanches.

Words near cynanche in the dictionary

  1. cymæ rectæ
  2. cymæ reversæ
  3. cyn-
  4. cynaforroside
  5. cynafoside
  6. cynanche
  7. cynanches
  8. cynanchoside
  9. cynanformoside
  10. cynanthrope
  11. cynanthropy

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