Mumps

[mʌmps]

(noun.) an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands.

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(n.) Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.

(n.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.

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