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Derived Forms
- parotitic, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of parotitis1
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Example Sentences
They came to the conclusion that this variety of parotitis originates in the ducts of the gland.
Is this a reference to the septic parotitis not unfrequently seen in low fevers?
And in the parotitis, or mumps, the breasts of women swell, when the tumor of the parotitis subsides.
Secondary infection of the parotid gland frequently occurs, and gives rise to a suppurative parotitis.
I except the mumps, or parotitis, described below; which is properly an external gland, as its excretory duct opens into the air.
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