Converse of object

• prevent: The only effective way to prevent mumps is to have two MMR vaccinations.

• get: You cannot get mumps, measles or rubella from the vaccine.

• have: There have been no cases reported among members of staff, many of whom will already have had mumps.

• catch: Adults immunized against mumps are unlikely to catch mumps.

• contract: NOW: Thousands of teenagers have contracted mumps over the past few years.

• develop: I developed mumps at the last moment and couldn't go.

Modifies a noun

• vaccine: Will I be able to get a single mumps vaccine or will they have to have MMR?

• outbreak: Student Health: War on mumps Daily Mirror P 33 A mumps outbreak among 90 Oxford students has sparked a mass MMR vaccination program.

• virus: Humans are the only known host of the mumps virus.

• case: Frequently Asked Questions on Mumps for 13 to 25 year olds Why has there been an increase in mumps cases in Scotland?

• epidemic: The introduction of MMR vaccine in 1988 effectively halted the three yearly cycles of mumps epidemics in young children.

• vaccination: Don't forget to go and get your mumps vaccination tomorrow between 10am and 3pm in the Wills Memorial Building.

Noun used with modifier

• measles: MMR protects your child and your family against measles mumps and rubella.

• space: Space mumps, Epideme viruses, mutated pneumonia - the future is a dangerous time to get sick.

• contracting: Young people living in halls of residence are at increased risk of contracting mumps.

• antigen: Three companies have licenses for single antigen measles vaccine and one for single antigen mumps vaccine.

• contract: Making people miss lectures has some symbolic value, making them contract mumps has none whatsoever.