Mumps Definition

mŭmps
noun
An acute, inflammatory, contagious disease caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, especially the parotids, and sometimes of the pancreas, ovaries, or testes. This disease, mainly affecting children, can be prevented by vaccination.
American Heritage Medicine
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.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • epidemic parotitis
abbreviation

Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programing System; a programming language (database) developed originally to be specifically for hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.

Wiktionary

Origin of Mumps

  • Perhaps from pl. of dialectal mump grimace

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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