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epidemic parotitis
epidemic parotitis n (Pathology) another name for mumps Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  epidemic parotitis - an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glandsmumpsinfectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contactparotitis - inflammation of one or both parotid glands |
EncyclopediaSeemumpsEpidemic parotitis
parotitis [par″o-ti´tis] inflammation of the parotid gland.contagious parotitis (epidemic parotitis) mumps.mumps (mŭmps), An acute infectious and contagious disease caused by a mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus and characterized by fever, inflammation and swelling of the parotid gland, and sometimes of other salivary glands, and occasionally by inflammation of the testis, ovary, pancreas, or meninges. Synonym(s): epidemic parotitis [dialectic Eng. mump, a lump or bump] ep·i·dem·ic pa·rot·i·di·tis , epidemic parotitis (ep'i-dem'ik pă-rot'i-dī'tis, par-ō-tītis) An acute infectious and contagious disease caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by fever, inflammation and swelling of the parotid gland, and sometimes of other salivary glands, and occasionally by inflammation of the testis, ovary, pancreas, or meninges.
Synonym(s): mumps. Epidemic parotitisThe medical name for mumps.Mentioned in: Mumpsmumps (mŭmps) An acute infectious and contagious disease caused by a mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus and characterized by fever, inflammation, and swelling of the parotid gland, and sometimes of other salivary glands, and occasionally by inflammation of the testis, ovary, pancreas, or meninges.
Synonym(s): epidemic parotitis. epidemic parotitis
Related to epidemic parotitis: epidemic parotitis virusSynonyms for epidemic parotitisnoun an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glandsSynonymsRelated Words- infectious disease
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