Definition of 'mumps'
noun
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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.
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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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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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