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Tonsillitis

noun
1.
Inflammation of the tonsils (especially the palatine tonsils).





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"Tonsillitis" Quotes from Famous Books



... by a long-continued succession of symptoms of a subacute nature, a transient arthritis, perhaps, succeeding an attack of sore throat with torticollis, to be followed by carditis, to be followed again by another attack of tonsillitis. And so the cycle of symptoms revolves. In most cases the child grows thin and weak; in most cases he becomes restless, irritable, and unhappy; often there is definite chorea. Of this cerebral irritability chorea is the expression. In adults, chorea is perhaps more obviously associated ...
— The Nervous Child • Hector Charles Cameron
... ancestry being English of long standing in America, with a very little admixture of Dutch blood. He is 5 feet 8 inches in height, and has brown hair and eyes. No hereditary troubles so far as known. In childhood, for some time "threatened with chorea." Is subject to tonsillitis and a stubborn though not severe form of indigestion, induced by sedentary habits. He is of quick, nervous temperament. Has an aversion from most outdoor sports, but a great esthetic attraction ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis


Words linked to "Tonsillitis" :   rubor, redness, inflammation


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