tonsillitis

noun Pathology.

1. inflammation of a tonsil or the tonsils.

noun

1. inflammation of the palatine tonsils, causing enlargement, occasionally to the extent that they nearly touch one another

n.

also tonsilitis, 1801, from tonsil + -itis.

n.

1. Inflammation of a tonsil, especially the palatine tonsil.

1. Inflammation of the tonsils, usually caused by bacterial infection.

An inflammation of the tonsils, sometimes the result of a bacterial infection.