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# tonsillitis

noun (tonsillitis — uncountable)

«tonsillitis» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Tonsillitis is an illness where the tonsils, two lumps of soft tissue at the back of the throat, become infected and swollen, causing a sore throat, pain when swallowing and often a fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/#m1)

### In the lessons

In health lessons and everyday life, tonsillitis is common in children; it is usually caused by a virus, sometimes by bacteria such as strep. Rest, drinks and painkillers from an adult help, and a doctor may give antibiotics if it is bacterial. Some children who get it very often have their tonsils taken out (a tonsillectomy). Phrases: «a bout of tonsillitis», «have tonsillitis».

### Examples

- I was off school with tonsillitis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/#x1)
- Tonsillitis made it hurt to swallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/#x2)
- The doctor looked at my tonsils with a light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/#x3)
- My sister had her tonsils out because she kept getting tonsillitis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/#x4)
- Ice lollies helped my sore throat when I had tonsillitis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/#x5)
- Tonsillitis is usually caused by a virus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: «She has tonsillitis». Spelling: tonsil + -itis (double l: tonsillitis). «-itis» means inflammation, like «appendicitis».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tonsillitis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tonsillitis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tonsillitis.html) on Mova free.