Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. Inflammation of the tonsils.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Inflammation of the tonsils.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Inflammation of the tonsils; --- same as tonsilitis.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Inflammation of the tonsils. It is a very common form of sore throat, of varying severity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils)
Etymologies
Examples
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By tonsillitis the inflammation of the tonsils is principally to be understood; but as all inflammations generally spread further than the part first affected; so, when the summit of the windpipe is also much inflamed, it may be termed tonsillitis trachealis, or croup.
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; and when the summit of the gullet is much inflamed along with the tonsil, it may be called tonsillitis pharyngea, as described in Dr. Cullen's Nosologia, Genus
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Amoxil is used to treat many different types of infections, such as tonsillitis, pneumonia, ear infections, bronchitis, urinary tract infections, gonorrhea, and infections of the skin.
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Augmentin is used to treat many different types of infections, such as tonsillitis, pneumonia, ear infections, bronchitis, urinary tract infections, gonorrhea, and infections of the skin.
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The suffix "itis" means inflammation, such as tonsillitis
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I nearly died when I had my stem-cell transplant, and with a battered immune system spent the first year after treatment ill with shingles, tonsillitis, sinusitis, swine flu and any number of other tedious, mind-numbing complaints.
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Breathing problems, severe tonsillitis and upper respiratory difficulties followed, as doctors struggled to establish diagnoses.
NHS patients believed to be among faulty French breast implant victims
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It turned out, he had tonsillitis and Anthony hadn't wanted to worry me.
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My 2-year old is sick with two ear infections and tonsillitis right now and I am already dreading the breaking of the bad habits I have created over the last day or two!
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They highlight that the indications for tonsillectomy are not just in cases of strep infections but in cases of severe tonsillitis manifested by fever, swollen glands — enlargement of the lymph nodes — and exudate fluid, said Schreibstein.
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