Meanings
nountonsillitis (usually uncountable, plural tonsillitides or tonsillites or tonsillitises)
plural tonsillitides · plural tonsillites · plural tonsillitises
- uncountableusuallymedicineInflammation of the tonsils.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek κυνάγχη
- κυνάγχη (kunánkhē)inflammation of the tonsils
Bulgarian анги́на
- анги́на (angína)inflammation of the tonsils
Catalan tonsilito
- tonsilitoinflammation of the tonsils
Chinese Mandarin 扁桃體炎 /扁桃体炎
- 扁桃體炎 /扁桃体炎 (biǎntáotǐyán)inflammation of the tonsils
Czech angína
- angínainflammation of the tonsils
Dutch tonsillitis
- tonsillitisinflammation of the tonsils
Esperanto tonsilito
- tonsilitoinflammation of the tonsils
Finnish nielurisatulehdus, angiina
- nielurisatulehdusinflammation of the tonsils
- angiinainflammation of the tonsils
French amygdalite, angine
- amygdaliteinflammation of the tonsils
- angineinflammation of the tonsils
German Mandelentzündung, Tonsillitis
- Mandelentzündunginflammation of the tonsils
- Tonsillitisinflammation of the tonsils
Hungarian mandulagyulladás
- mandulagyulladásinflammation of the tonsils
Italian tonsillite
- tonsilliteinflammation of the tonsils
Japanese 扁桃炎, 扁桃腺炎
- 扁桃炎 (hentōen)inflammation of the tonsils
- 扁桃腺炎 (hentōsen'en)inflammation of the tonsils
Latin angina, tōlēs
- anginainflammation of the tonsils
- tōlēsinflammation of the tonsils
Norwegian mandelbetennelse
- mandelbetennelseinflammation of the tonsils
Polish angina
- anginainflammation of the tonsils
Portuguese amigdalite
- amigdaliteinflammation of the tonsils
Romanian amigdalită
- amigdalităinflammation of the tonsils
Russian тонзилли́т, анги́на
- тонзилли́т (tonzillít)inflammation of the tonsils
- анги́на (angína)inflammation of the tonsils
Spanish amigdalitis
- amigdalitisinflammation of the tonsils
Swahili mafindofindo
- mafindofindoinflammation of the tonsils
Swedish halsfluss
- halsflussinflammation of the tonsils
Tagalog maganggutil
- maganggutilinflammation of the tonsils
Turkish anjin, boğak
- anjininflammation of the tonsils
- boğakinflammation of the tonsils
- hunnakinflammation of the tonsils
- tonsilitinflammation of the tonsils
Ukrainian тонзиліт, ангіна
- тонзиліт (tonzylit)inflammation of the tonsils
- ангіна (anhina)inflammation of the tonsils
Vietnamese viêm amidan, viêm hạch hạnh nhân
- viêm amidaninflammation of the tonsils
- viêm hạch hạnh nhâninflammation of the tonsils
Cite this entry
APA
tonsillitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonsillitis
MLA
“tonsillitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonsillitis. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tonsillitis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonsillitis.
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