paristhmitis

P3A1R1I1S1T1H4M3I1T1I1S1

noun

tonsillitis

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Meanings

nounparisthmitis (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountablemedicinetonsillitis

    The melancholy issue of this case, which seemed to the general observer merely an intense form of paristhmitis or tonsillar inflammation, led me to reflect on the probable means of obviating so unfavourable a catastrophe in a disease so apparently slight.

    1834 July 28, David Craigie, “Observations, Pathological and Therapeutic, on a particular species of Quinsy or Angina”, in The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 27

Origin

From para- + isthmitis.

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APA

paristhmitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paristhmitis

MLA

“paristhmitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paristhmitis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paristhmitis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paristhmitis.

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