A stone or calcified deposit formed in the tonsils (amygdala).
From amygdala + -lith (stone). The -lith suffix comes from Greek lithos (stone) and was used in medicine to describe calcified deposits. This term emerged in 19th-century medical literature.
Just like kidney stones and gallstones, your tonsils can form literal stones called amygdaloliths! These mineral deposits form in the tiny pits of your tonsils over years and can sometimes be coughed up with a surprising 'pop'—they're a weird but real medical phenomenon.
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