Found 2 items, similar to Mumps.
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]