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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Mumps (0.01941 detik)
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mumps
mumps
n : an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and
by swelling of the parotid glands [syn:
epidemic parotitis
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mumps
Mumps
\Mumps\, n. [Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf.
Mump,
Mumble, and
Mum.]
1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. --Skinner.
[1913 Webster]
2. [Prob. so called from the patient's appearance.] (Med.) A
specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a
nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands, and
sometimes causing inflammation of the testes or ovaries;
also called
epidemic parotitis or
infectious parotitis
. It is caused by infection with a
paramyxovirus.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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