tonsillitis

The # of syllables in tonsillitis can be found in the Syllable Dictionary at HowManySyllables.com/syllables/tonsillitis .

How many syllables in tonsillitis?

4 syllables

Divide tonsillitis into syllables: ton-sil-li-tis
How to say tonsillitis:

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