Tonsillitis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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