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adenotonsillitis

adenotonsillitis noun: inflammation of the tonsils and adenoids.

Noun

adenotonsillitis (uncountable)

  1. Inflammation of the tonsils and adenoids.

Origin of adenotonsillitis

From adeno- + tonsillitis.

Questions about adenotonsillitis

What does adenotonsillitis mean?
Adenotonsillitis means inflammation of the tonsils and adenoids.
What part of speech is adenotonsillitis?
Adenotonsillitis is a noun.

Words near adenotonsillitis in the dictionary

  1. adenotonsillectomize
  2. adenotonsillectomized
  3. adenotonsillectomizes
  4. adenotonsillectomizing
  5. adenotonsillectomy
  6. adenotonsillitis
  7. adenotrophic
  8. adenous
  9. adenovector
  10. adenovectored
  11. adenovectors

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