mumps
mumps
Definition
mumps (mumps)
noun
an acute communicable disease, usually of childhood, caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, esp. the parotid, and, in adults, often complicated by inflammation of the testes, ovaries, etc.
Etymology: pl. of obs. mump, a grimace: prob. from patient's appearance
mumps
Usage Examples
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.
