tonsillitis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tonsillitis
    n 1: inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine
         tonsils)

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tonsilitis \Ton`sil*i"tis\, n. [NL. See {Tonsil}, and {-itis}.]
   (Med.)
   Inflammation of the tonsils; quinsy. [Written also, and more
   usually, {tonsillitis}.]
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tonsillitis \Ton`sil*li"tis\, n. (Med.)
   Inflammation of the tonsils; --- same as {tonsilitis}.
   [PJC]

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