tonsillitis
/tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/
tonsillitis noun: inflammation of the tonsils.
Noun
tonsillitis (usually uncountable, plural tonsillitides or tonsillites or tonsillitises)
- Inflammation of the tonsils.
tonsillitis meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Tagalog
tonsillitis in Tamil
- அடிநா அழற்சி, உள்நாக்கு அழற்சி, டான்சில் அழற்சி
tonsillitis in Bengali
- টনসিল
tonsillitis in Kannada
- ಮೆಂಡಿಕೆಯುರಿತ, ಬಾಯ್ತೇಪೆಯುರಿತ, ಗಂಟಲ ಗ್ರಂಥಿಯ ಉರಿಯೂತ, ಗಲೋದ್ರೇಕ
tonsillitis in Tagalog
- inflammation of the tonsils
- maganggutil
More languagesFewer languages
- tonsillitis in Vietnamese
- viêm amidan, viêm hạch hạnh nhân
Forms of tonsillitis
| plural | tonsillitides |
|---|---|
| plural | tonsillites |
| plural | tonsillitises |
Origin of tonsillitis
From tonsil + -itis.
Words formed from tonsillitis
Questions about tonsillitis
- What does tonsillitis mean?
- Tonsillitis means inflammation of the tonsils.
- What is tonsillitis in Tamil?
- Tonsillitis in Tamil is அடிநா அழற்சி, உள்நாக்கு அழற்சி, டான்சில் அழற்சி. See Tonsillitis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tonsillitis?
- Tonsillitis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tonsillitis?
- Tonsillitis is pronounced /tɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/.
- What is the plural of tonsillitis?
- The plural of tonsillitis is tonsillitides.
Words near tonsillitis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tonsillitis (page history and authors); tonsillitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tonsillitis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tonsillitis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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