Tonsillolith

Origin

Full definition of tonsillolith

Noun

1. (dentistry) A calculus that forms in the rear of the mouth, in the crevasses of the palatine tonsils.
• September 1, 2009, Elizabeth Svoboda, In Tonsils, a Problem the Size of a Pea, In a 2008 case report from India, doctors described removing a giant tonsillolith that was making it painful for a young patient to swallow.