Search Result for "epidemic parotitis":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands;
[syn: mumps, epidemic parotitis]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Parotitis \Par`o*ti"tis\, n. [NL. See Parotid, and -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the parotid glands. [1913 Webster] Epidemic parotitis or Infectious parotitis, mumps. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mumps \Mumps\, n. [Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. Mump, Mumble, and Mum.] 1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. --Skinner. [1913 Webster] 2. [Prob. so called from the patient's appearance.] (Med.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands, and sometimes causing inflammation of the testes or ovaries; also called epidemic parotitis or infectious parotitis. It is caused by infection with a paramyxovirus. [1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

epidemic parotitis n 1: an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands [syn: mumps, epidemic parotitis]