Tonsillitis

(ton-sil-^-tis) \tonsilla, tonsil; itiq, inflammation]. Inflammation of the tonsil. T., Follicular, a form in which the follicles are especially involved and project as whitish points from the surface of the tonsil. T., Herpetic, a form characterized by an eruption of herpetic vesicles, which soon rupture, leaving small, circular ulcers that coalesce and become covered with a fibrinous exudation. The disease has an acute onset, a continuous fever, and a critical decline, affects those subject to herpes elsewhere, and tends to recur. T., Lacunar. Same as T, Follicular. T., Mycotic, a form of T. due to fungi. T., Pustular, one characterized by the formation of pustules, as in small-pox. T., Suppurative. Synonym of Quinsy. 629