pharyngotonsillitis

noun

pharyngitis and tonsillitis occurring together

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Meanings

nounpharyngotonsillitis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablepharyngitis and tonsillitis occurring together

    According to the Swedish guidelines for pharyngotonsillitis applying when this study was conducted, RADT was recommended when 2–4 Centor criteria were present and antibiotics were recommended when the test was positive.

    2015 July 4, Hedvig Gröndal et al., “Near-patient tests and the clinical gaze in decision-making of Swedish GPs not following current guidelines for sore throat – a qualitative interview study”, in BMC Family Practice, volume 16, →DOI

Origin

From pharyngo- + tonsillitis.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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

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Chicago

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