Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tonsillolith

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ton-sil-lolith
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A calculus that forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses of the palatine tonsils.

Example Sentences

"In a 2008 case report from India, doctors described removing a giant tonsillolith that was making it painful for a young patient to swallow."

Etymology

From tonsillo- + -lith.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tonsillo
Suffix: lith

Inflected Forms

tonsilloliths (plural)

Questions

What does tonsillolith mean?: A calculus that forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses of the palatine tonsils.
Where does tonsillolith come from?: From tonsillo- + -lith.

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