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TONSILLITIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tonsillitis mean?
• TONSILLITIS (noun)
The noun TONSILLITIS has 1 sense:
1. inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils)
Familiarity information: TONSILLITIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("tonsillitis" is a kind of...):
inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)
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