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# tonsillitis

«tonsillitis» in Mova's school dictionary: **an illness where the tonsils, two lumps of soft tissue at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (tonsillitis — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/#m1)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tonsillitis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tonsillitis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.