What is another word for mumps?

Pronunciation: [mˈʌmps] (IPA)

The mumps is a contagious viral infection that affects the salivary glands and typically manifests as painful swelling in the face and neck area. While "mumps" is the commonly used term for this condition, there are a variety of synonymous terms that can be used to describe this illness. Some of the most commonly used synonyms for the mumps include parotitis, epidemic parotitis, infectious parotitis, and swollen jaw disease. Using these alternative terms can help to increase understanding and awareness of this condition, as well as provide greater clarity in medical terminology.

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Usage examples for Mumps

The next two died, one doing it boldly of mumps, a thing that had never been achieved before and greatly interested the doctor, who predicted a memorable future for him if he had been going to have one, and the other, more explicably, by falling out of the punt when his very existence depended on his keeping in it.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
Pastoral committees are not like the small-pox-you can have them more than once; they are more like the mumps, which you may have first on one side and then on the other.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
What a job she has in navigating a whole nursery of somebody else's children through mumps, measles, whooping-cough and chicken-pox!
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage

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