tonsilitis – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
tonsilitis
n.
quinsy, inflammation of the tonsils
Tonsillitis
Tonsillitis ( ) is
inflammation of the
tonsils most commonly caused by viral or bacterial infection. Symptoms may include
sore throat and
fever. When caused by a bacterium belonging to the
group A streptococcus, it is typically referred to as
strep throat. The overwhelming majority of people recover completely, with or without medication. In 40%, symptoms will resolve in three days, and within one week in 85% of people, regardless of whether streptococcal infection is present or not.
tonsilitis (de)
n.
tonsillitis
Tonsilitis
(n.)
Inflammation of the tonsil; quinsy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
tonsilitis
Synonyms and related words:
Asiatic flu, Hong Kong flu, acute bronchitis, adenoiditis, adrenitis, aluminosis, amygdalitis, anthracosilicosis, anthracosis, appendicitis, arteritis, arthritis deformans, arthritis fungosa, arthritis pauperum, asbestosis, asthma, atrophic arthritis, atrophic inflammation, atypical pneumonia, bituminosis, black lung, blennorrhagic arthritis, brain fever, bronchial pneumonia, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, bunion, bursitis, capillaritis, carditis, catarrh, catarrhal inflammation, cerebellitis, cerebral meningitis, cerebritis, cerebrospinal meningitis, chalicosis, chronic bronchitis, chronic infectious arthritis, chronic inflammation, cirrhotic inflammation, climactic arthritis, clitoritis, cold, colitis, collagen disease, collapsed lung, common cold, coniosis, conjunctivitis, coryza, croup, croupous pneumonia, cystitis, degenerative arthritis, diffuse inflammation, double pneumonia, dry pleurisy, emphysema, empyema, encephalitis, endocarditis, enteritis, epidemic pleurodynia, equine encephalomyelitis, exudative inflammation, fibrinous pneumonia, fibroid inflammation, flu, focal inflammation, gastritis, gingivitis, glossitis, gonococcal arthritis, gonorrheal arthritis, gonorrheal rheumatism, gout, gouty arthritis, grippe, hay fever, hemophilic arthritis, hepatitis, hyperplastic inflammation, hypertrophic arthritis, hypertrophic inflammation, infectional arthritis, infectious hepatitis, inflammation, influenza, irritable bowel syndrome, la grippe, laryngitis, lipoid pneumonia, lobar pneumonia, lumbago, lumbar rheumatism, lung cancer, lung fever, mastoiditis, meningitis, menopausal arthritis, metastatic inflammation, metritis, milk leg, mucous colitis, mumps meningitis, myelitis, necrotic inflammation, nephritis, neuritis, obliterative inflammation, ophthalitis, ophthalmia, orchitis, osseous rheumatism, osteitis, osteoarthritis, osteomyelitis, otitis, ovaritis, paradental pyorrhea, penitis, pericarditis, periodontitis, peritonitis, pharyngitis, phlebitis, pleurisy, pleuritis, pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, pneumonic fever, pneumothorax, podagra, proliferative arthritis, prostatitis, pyonephritis, pyorrhea, pyorrhea alveolaris, quinsy, reactive inflammation, rheum, rheumatism, rheumatiz, rheumatoid arthritis, rhinitis, sclerosing inflammation, seroplastic inflammation, serous inflammation, serum hepatitis, siderosis, silicosis, simple inflammation, sinusitis, sore throat, spastic colon, specific inflammation, subacute rheumatism, suppurative arthritis, suppurative inflammation, swine flu, syphilitic arthritis, tennis elbow, testitis, the sniffles, the snuffles, thrombophlebitis, torticollis, toxic inflammation, traumatic inflammation, tuberculous arthritis, tuberculous rheumatism, ulcerative colitis, uratic arthritis, ureteritis, urethral arthritis, urethritis, uteritis, vaginitis, vertebral arthritis, virus pneumonia, visceral rheumatism, vulvitis, wet pleurisy, whooping cough, wryneck
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