Definition of Tonsilar

1. a. Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.

Definition of Tonsilar

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of tonsillar) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tonsilar

1. tonsil [adj] - See also: tonsil

Medical Definition of Tonsilar

1. Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic. Alternative forms: tonsillar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonsilar

tonoplasts
tonoscillograph
tonotopic
tonotopically
tonotropic
tonous
tonqua bean
tonqua beans
tonquin bean
tonquin beans
tons
tonsil
tonsil-hockey
tonsil hockey
tonsil tennis
tonsilar (current term)
tonsile
tonsilitic
tonsilitis
tonsilitises
tonsilla
tonsilla adenoidea
tonsilla cerebelli
tonsilla intestinalis
tonsilla lingualis
tonsilla palatina
tonsilla pharyngealis
tonsilla tubaria
tonsillar
tonsillar branch of glossopharyngeal nerve

Literary usage of Tonsilar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Pediatric Society by American Pediatric Society (1902)
"SOME REMOTE DISEASES ARISING FROM tonsilar INFECTION. BY F. FORCHHEIMER, MD, Cincinnati, O. That the tonsil may be the primary seat of infection, ..."

2. Cleveland Medical Gazette by Albert Rufus Baker, Samuel Walter Kelley (1891)
"Removal of tonsilar Hypertrophy by Electro-Cautery Dissection. By Edwin Pynchon. MD, Chicago, 111. The title scarcely conveys an intelligent idea of the ..."

3. Buffalo Medical Journal (1901)
"The following statement of Dr. Thomas Bagley, Buffalo, NY, contains an interesting account of a severe streptococcus tonsilar infection: February u, 1900, ..."

4. A Treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy and childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1896)
"This peculiar secretion of follicular tonsilitis is usually limited to the tonsilar portion of the pharynx, and is of short duration, no new secretion ..."

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