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mumps [mʌmps] n (Medicine / Pathology) (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 [from mump1 (to grimace)] mumpish adj
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Translations mumps n sing → Mumps m or f (inf) no art n sg mumps [mamps] a contagious disease causing painful swelling at the sides of the neck and face. pampoentjies إلْتِهاب الغُدَّه заушка příušnice fåresyge der Mumps μαγουλάδες paperas mumps اوریون sikotauti oreillons חֲזֶרֶת कनपड़ा zaušnjak mumpsz penyakit gondong hettusótt orecchioni おたふくかぜ 유행성 이하선염 kiaulytė cūciņa beguk bof kusma świnka papeira oreion паротит, свинка mumps mumps zauške påssjuka โรคคางทูม kabakulak 腮腺炎 свинка کن پھیڑ bệnh quai bị 腮腺炎 mumps → التهاب الغدة النكفية příušnice fåresyge Mumps παρωτίτιδα paperas sikotauti oreillons mums orecchioni おたふく風邪 볼거리 bof kusma świnka caxumba, papeira свинка påssjuka โรคคางทูม kabakulak bệnh quai bị 腮腺炎 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "Mumps one pound, that is what I have put down, but I daresay it will be more like thirty shillings -- don't speak -- measles one five, German measles half a guinea, makes two fifteen six -- don't waggle your finger -- whooping-cough, say fifteen shillings" -- and so on it went, and it added up differently each time; but at last Wendy just got through, with mumps reduced to twelve six, and the two kinds of measles treated as one. Send your soldiers at once to open the dungeon door, or you shall have mumps before the morning sun has risen on the hills of Jolliginki. He had had all the diseases that babies are heir to, in quick succession, scarlet fever, mumps, and whooping cough in the first year, and now he was down with the measles. |
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