a. [f. next + -IC.] a. (Irregularly used.) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; = TONSILLAR. ? Obs. b. Affected with tonsillitis.
1839–47. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., III. 953/1. The tonsillitic branches of the glosso-pharyngeal.
1856. Todd & Bowman, Phys. Anat., II. 116. Tonsillitic branches are numerous.
1879. St. George’s Hosp. Rep., IX. 162. There was but one tonsillitic patient who possessed a healthy constitution.
