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tonsillith

tonsillith is the alternative form of tonsillolith.

Meaning of tonsillolith

Noun

tonsillolith (plural tonsilloliths)

  1. A calculus that forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses of the palatine tonsils.
    • In a 2008 case report from India, doctors described removing a giant tonsillolith that was making it painful for a young patient to swallow.2009 September 1, Elizabeth Svoboda, “In Tonsils, a Problem the Size of a Pea”, in New York Times

Forms of tonsillith

pluraltonsilliths

Questions about tonsillith

What is tonsillith the alternative form of?
Tonsillith is the alternative form of tonsillolith.

Words near tonsillith in the dictionary

  1. tonsillectomies
  2. tonsillectomize
  3. tonsillectomized
  4. tonsillectomy
  5. tonsillites
  6. tonsillith
  7. tonsilliths
  8. tonsillitic
  9. tonsillitides
  10. tonsillitis
  11. tonsillo-

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