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MUMPS

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 ("mumps" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "mumps"):

parotitis (inflammation of one or both parotid glands)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb mump

Credits

 Context examples: 

Before the routine vaccination program in the United States, mumps was a common illness in infants, children and young adults.

(Mumps, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)