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‖ parotis|pəˈrəʊtɪs|
usually in pl. parotides |pəˈrəʊtɪdiːz|.
[L., a. Gr. παρωτίς, παρωτιδ-, f. παρ(α- para-1 1 beside + οὖς, ὠτ- ear: see -id.]
1. The parotid gland.
1615H. Crooke Body of Man 823 Vnder the eares and behind them there are many glandules called Parotides. 1747tr. Astruc's Fevers 246 When the parotis begins to suppurate, let the suppuration continue for some time.
†2. A parotid tumour. Obs.
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Parotides,..also a preternatural Swelling of those Glandules. 1720Quincy tr. Hodges' Loimologia 148 Deafness joined with Drowsiness were signs the Parotides would soon appear. 1813T. Busby tr. Lucretius II. 25 (Jod.) The hard dry parotides induced mortification. 1893Syd. Soc. Lex., Parotis,..Also, an old term for a swelling of the parotid gland. |