tonsillitis

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ton·sil·li·tis /ˌtɒnsɪˈlaɪtɪs $ ˌtɑːn-/ noun [uncountable] MIan infection of the tonsils 扁桃体炎，扁桃腺炎 Sam’s got tonsillitis. 萨姆得了扁桃体炎。

Examples from the Corpus

tonsillitis• Pitcher Jeff Juden is still bedridden with acute tonsillitis.• Schizophrenia is classified as a functional psychosis and split personality as a dissociative hysterical neurosis, as different as tonsillitis and appendicitis.• Cascarino did not train yesterday but Manchester City left back Terry Phelan proved his full recovery from tonsillitis.• But one summer when I was around ten or eleven I developed a nasty sore throat which the doctor thought was tonsillitis.• Craig was able to say his thanks in church while I was languishing in bed with tonsillitis.

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tonsillitis
ton‧sil‧li‧tis /ˌtɒnsəˈlaɪtəs, ˌtɒnsɪˈlaɪtəs $ ˌtɑːn-/

noun [uncountable]
an infection of the tonsils:

Sam’s got tonsillitis.

ton·sil·litis

BrE

/ˌtɒnsəˈlaɪtɪs/

NAmE

/ˌtɑːnsəˈlaɪtɪs/

noun

[uncountable]

an infection of the tonsils in which they become swollen and sore 扁桃体炎