amigdalitis

Spanish

Etymology

From amígdala +‎ -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amiɡdaˈlitis/ [a.miɣ̞.ð̞aˈli.t̪is]

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• Rhymes: -itis
• Syllabification: a‧mig‧da‧li‧tis

Noun

amigdalitis f (plural amigdalitis)

1. (pathology) tonsilitis; strep throat

Further reading

• “amigdalitis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10