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tonsilloliths

tonsilloliths is the plural 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

Questions about tonsilloliths

What is tonsilloliths the plural of?
Tonsilloliths is the plural of tonsillolith.

Words near tonsilloliths in the dictionary

  1. tonsillitis
  2. tonsillo-
  3. tonsilloadenoidectomies
  4. tonsilloadenoidectomy
  5. tonsillolith
  6. tonsilloliths
  7. tonsillopharyngeal
  8. tonsillopharyngitis
  9. tonsillotome
  10. tonsillotomes
  11. tonsillotomies

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