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mumps
[ muhmps ]
noun
- an infectious disease characterized by inflammatory swelling of the parotid and usually other salivary glands, and sometimes by inflammation of the testes or ovaries, caused by a paramyxovirus.
mumps
/ mʌmps /
noun
- functioning as singular or plural an acute contagious viral disease of the parotid salivary glands, characterized by swelling of the affected parts, fever, and pain beneath the ear: usually affects children Also calledepidemic parotitis
mumps
/ mŭmps /
- An infectious disease caused by a virus of the family Paramyxoviridae and the genus Rubulavirus , characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, especially the parotid glands, and sometimes of the pancreas, testes, or ovaries. Vaccinations, usually given in early childhood, confer immunity to mumps.
mumps
- An acute and contagious disease marked by fever and inflammation of the salivary glands . Caused by a virus , mumps is normally a childhood disease that passes with no aftereffects.
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Derived Forms
- ˈmumpish, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mumps1
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Example Sentences
It is the family of man—because where measles and mumps and pertussis are concerned, we are all connected.
Mumps can be a serious and a very painful disease and it is infectious to a marked degree.
One evening, he saw her again in the theatre with 'Mumps,' as she called her husband.
She laughed and called to Mumps to come and unfasten her veil.
One is called away in the middle of a dance to a difficult case of—of mumps or something, and—well, there you are.
It was like toothache or mumps or chicken-pox, an ignoble, complaint of which one is ashamed, but before which one is helpless.
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