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Definition: infectious parotitis
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]