tonsillolith
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
tonsillolith (plural tonsilloliths)
- (dentistry) A calculus that forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses of the palatine tonsils.
- 2009 September 1, Elizabeth Svoboda, “In Tonsils, a Problem the Size of a Pea”, in New York Times[1]:
- In a 2008 case report from India, doctors described removing a giant tonsillolith that was making it painful for a young patient to swallow.
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calculus
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