"tonsil stone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tonsil stones [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊn Head templates: {{en-noun}} tonsil stone (plural tonsil stones)
  1. A mineralization of debris within the crevices of the tonsils. Synonyms: tonsillolith Translations (mineralization of debris in the tonsils): caséum [feminine] (French), Tonsillenstein [masculine] (German), Mandelstein [masculine] (German), Tonsillolith [masculine] (German), tonsillolito [masculine] (Italian), Tonsilolito [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tonsil_stone-en-noun-w8SQTCZZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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