tonsillolith

English

Etymology

From tonsillo- +‎ -lith.

Noun

tonsillolith (plural tonsilloliths)

1. (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 The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 September 2025:

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

Translations

calculus

• German: Tonsillenstein
• Italian: tonsillolito
• Polish: kamień migdałkowy m
• Spanish: tonsilolito (es) m