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Mumps Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mumps? [n] an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mumps: epidemic parotitis Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mumps: acute articular rheumatism \| African lethargy \| ague \| alkali disease \| amebiasis \| amebic dysentery \| anthrax \| Asiatic cholera \| bacillary dysentery \| bastard measles \| black death \| black fever \| blackwater fever \| blahs \| blue devils \| blues \| breakbone fever \| brucellosis \| bubonic plague \| cachectic fever \| cerebral rheumatism \| Chagres fever \| chicken pox \| cholera \| cowpox \| dandy fever \| deer fly fever \| dengue \| dengue fever \| diphtheria \| dismals \| dods \| doldrums \| dolefuls \| dorts \| dumdum fever \| dumps \| dysentery \| elephantiasis \| encephalitis lethargica \| enteric fever \| erysipelas \| famine fever \| five-day fever \| flu \| frambesia \| frumps \| German measles \| glandular fever \| grippe \| grumps \| hansenosis \| Haverhill fever \| hepatitis \| herpes \| herpes simplex \| herpes zoster \| histoplasmosis \| hookworm \| hydrophobia \| infantile paralysis \| infectious mononucleosis \| inflammatory rheumatism \| influenza \| jail fever \| jungle rot \| kala azar \| kissing disease \| lepra \| leprosy \| leptospirosis \| loa loa \| loaiasis \| lockjaw \| madness \| malaria \| malarial fever \| marsh fever \| measles \| megrims \| meningitis \| milzbrand \| mopes \| mulligrubs \| ornithosis \| osteomyelitis \| paratyphoid fever \| parotitis \| parrot fever \| pertussis \| pneumonia \| polio \| poliomyelitis \| polyarthritis rheumatism \| ponos \| pouts \| psittacosis \| rabbit fever \| rabies \| rat-bite fever \| relapsing fever \| rheumatic fever \| rickettsialpox \| ringworm \| rubella \| rubeola \| scarlatina \| scarlet fever \| schistosomiasis \| septic sore throat \| shingles \| sleeping sickness \| sleepy sickness \| smallpox \| snail fever \| splenic fever \| spotted fever \| strep throat \| sulks \| sullens \| swamp fever \| tetanus \| thrush \| tinea \| trench fever \| trench mouth \| tuberculosis \| tularemia \| typhoid \| typhoid fever \| typhus \| typhus fever \| undulant fever \| vaccinia \| varicella \| variola \| venereal disease \| viral dysentery \| whooping cough \| yaws \| yellow fever \| yellow jack \| zona \| zoster See Also \| infectious disease \| parotitis Mumps In Webster's Dictionary \Mumps\, n. [Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. {Mump}, {Mumble}, and {Mum}.] 1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. --Skinner. 2. [Prob. so called from the patient's appearance.] (Med.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.

Mumps Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mumps?

[n] an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mumps: epidemic parotitis

See Also | infectious disease | parotitis

Mumps In Webster's Dictionary

\Mumps\, n. [Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. {Mump},
{Mumble}, and {Mum}.]
1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. --Skinner.

2. [Prob. so called from the patient's appearance.] (Med.) A
   specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a
   nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands;
   epidemic or infectious parotitis.

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