TONSILLITIS

tonsillitis

(noun) inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tonsillitis (usually uncountable, plural tonsillitides or tonsillites)

(pathology) Inflammation of the tonsils.

Source: Wiktionary



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PARSEC

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