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Definition of 'mumps'

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mumps

(mʌmps )
uncountable noun
Mumps is a disease usually caught by children. It causes a mild fever and painful swelling of the glands in the neck.
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mumps in British

(mʌmps )
noun
(functioning as singular or plural)
an acute contagious viral disease of the parotid salivary glands, characterized by swelling of the affected parts, fever, and pain beneath the ear: usually affects children
. Also called: epidemic parotitis
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Derived forms
mumpish (ˈmumpish)
  adjective
Word origin of 'mumps'
C16: from mump1 (to grimace)
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mumps in American

(mʌmps ; mumps)
noun
an acute communicable disease, usually of childhood, caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, esp. the parotid, and, in adults, often complicated by inflammation of the testes, ovaries, etc.
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'mumps'
pl. of obs. mump, a grimace: prob. from patient's appearance

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The clinic has been accused of irresponsible behaviour because there is no single vaccine available for mumps, nor has there been one for at least three years. Times, Sunday Times (2013)

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Translations for 'mumps'

British English: mumps /mʌmps/ NOUN
Mumps is a disease usually caught by children. It causes a mild fever and painful swelling of the glands in the neck.
  • American English: mumps
  • Arabic: الْتِهَابُ الْغُدَةِ الْنِكْفِيَةُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: caxumba
  • Chinese: 腮腺炎
  • Croatian: zaušnjaci
  • Czech: příušnice
  • Danish: fåresyge
  • Dutch: bof ziekte
  • European Spanish: paperas
  • Finnish: sikotauti
  • French: oreillons
  • German: Mumps
  • Greek: παρωτίτιδα
  • Italian: orecchioni
  • Japanese: おたふく風邪
  • Korean: 볼거리
  • Norwegian: kusma
  • Polish: świnka
  • European Portuguese: papeira
  • Romanian: oreion
  • Russian: свинка
  • Spanish: paperas
  • Swedish: påssjuka
  • Thai: โรคคางทูม
  • Turkish: kabakulak
  • Ukrainian: свинка
  • Vietnamese: bệnh quai bị

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