EPIDEMIC PAROTITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

Synonyms:

epidemic parotitis; mumps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("epidemic parotitis" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Meronyms (parts of "epidemic parotitis"):

parotitis (inflammation of one or both parotid glands)

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