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mumps

  [muhmps]
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–noun (used with a singular verb) Pathology.
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.
Origin:
1590–1600; mump 1 + -s 3
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Cultural Dictionary

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.

Note: A child who has had mumps is immune from further infection by the mumps virus.
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Word Origin & History

mumps 
type of contagious disease, 1598, from plural of mump "a grimace" (1592), originally a verb, "to whine like a beggar" (1586), from Du. mompen "to cheat, deceive," originally probably "to mumble, whine," of imitative origin. The disease probably so called in allusion to swelling of face during the disease and/or to painful difficulty swallowing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mumps
Pronunciation: 'm&m(p)s
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
: an acute contagious disease caused by aparamyxovirus (genus Rubulavirus) and marked by fever and by swelling especially of the parotid gland called also epidemic parotitis
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

mumps (mŭmps)
pl.n.
An acute inflammatory contagious disease caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, especially the parotids, and sometimes of the pancreas, ovaries, or testes. This disease, mainly affecting children, can be prevented by vaccination. Also called epidemic parotitis.

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mumps   (mŭmps)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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