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Descriptor English: Tonsillitis
Descriptor Spanish: Tonsilitis
Descriptor tonsilitis
Entry term(s) amigdalitis
Scope note: Inflamación de las amigdalas, en especial de las AMÍGDALAS PALATINAS, pero las ADENOIDES (amígdalas faríngeas) y las amígdalas linguales también pueden estar implicadas. Generalmente es causada por infección bacteriana. Puede ser aguda, crónica o recurrente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tonsilite
Descriptor French: Amygdalite
Entry term(s): Tonsillitides
Tree number(s): C01.748.561.750
C07.550.781.750
C08.730.561.750
C09.775.649.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014069
Scope note: Inflammation of the tonsils, especially the PALATINE TONSILS but the ADENOIDS (pharyngeal tonsils) and lingual tonsils may also be involved. Tonsillitis usually is caused by bacterial infection. Tonsillitis may be acute, chronic, or recurrent.
Annotation: coordinate IM with infection (IM) if specified; lingual tonsillitis: coordinate IM with TONGUE (NIM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 24356
Unique ID: D014069
NLM Classification: WV 430
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Tonsillitis - Preferred
Concept UI M0021666
Scope note Inflammation of the tonsils, especially the PALATINE TONSILS but the ADENOIDS (pharyngeal tonsils) and lingual tonsils may also be involved. Tonsillitis usually is caused by bacterial infection. Tonsillitis may be acute, chronic, or recurrent.
Preferred term Tonsillitis
Entry term(s) Tonsillitides



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