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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.

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