What is another word for mumps?
Pronunciation:
[ mˈʌmps], [ mˈʌmps], [ m_ˈʌ_m_p_s]
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Synonyms for Mumps:
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n.
• Epidemic Parotitis • state Other synonyms:
- aids ,
- amoebic dysentery ,
- avian flu ,
- bilharzia ,
- bird flu ,
- black lung ,
- bubonic plague ,
- chickenpox ,
- chlamydia ,
- the Black Death .
Other relevant words:
- Acute Articular Rheumatism ,
- Biliary Calculus ,
- Blennorrhoea ,
- Bloodstroke ,
- Bloody flux ,
- Breakbone Fever ,
- Bronchocele ,
- Canker rash ,
- Chicken pox ,
- Cynanche ,
- DODS ,
- Dartre ,
- Encephalitis Lethargica ,
- Hemorrhoids ,
- Histoplasmosis ,
- Importunities ,
- Lachrymals ,
- Lepra ,
- Loa loa ,
- Loaiasis ,
- Mulligrubs ,
- Psora ,
- Sulks ,
- Sullens ,
- Tetter ,
- Tonsilitis ,
- Tracheocele ,
- Water qualm ,
- acute infectious disease ,
- ague ,
- alkali disease ,
- amebiasis ,
- amebic dysentery ,
- anger ,
- angina pectoris ,
- anthrax ,
- appendicitis ,
- arteriosclerosis ,
- asphyxia ,
- atherosclerosis ,
- bacillary dysentery ,
- bad humor ,
- bad temper ,
- begs ,
- bile ,
- bitterness ,
- black death ,
- black fever ,
- blackwater fever ,
- blahs ,
- blank despondency ,
- blennorrhagia ,
- blood poisoning ,
- blue devils ,
- blues ,
- bouderie ,
- brash ,
- brucellosis ,
- cachectic fever ,
- cadges ,
- cardiac arrest ,
- cardialgia ,
- cardiomyopathy ,
- carditis ,
- cat ,
- cheats ,
- chlorosis ,
- choler ,
- cholera ,
- chorea ,
- cowpox ,
- crossness ,
- dandy fever ,
- deceives ,
- deer fly fever ,
- deludes ,
- dengue ,
- dengue fever ,
- despondency ,
- diphtheria ,
- disconsolateness ,
- dismals ,
- doldrums ,
- dolefuls ,
- dorts ,
- dudgeon ,
- dumdum fever ,
- dumps ,
- dysentery ,
- elephantiasis ,
- enanthem ,
- enanthema ,
- endocarditis ,
- enteric fever ,
- erysipelas ,
- exanthem ,
- exanthema ,
- five-day fever ,
- flu ,
- frambesia ,
- frumps ,
- gallstone ,
- glandular fever ,
- gloom ,
- glooming ,
- glumness ,
- goiter ,
- gonorrhea ,
- green sickness ,
- grip ,
- grippe ,
- grouch ,
- grumpiness ,
- grumps ,
- hay fever ,
- heart attack ,
- heartburn ,
- heaves ,
- hepatitis ,
- hernia ,
- herpes ,
- herpes simplex ,
- herpes zoster ,
- hookworm ,
- horrors ,
- huff ,
- hums ,
- hydrophobia ,
- hypochondriasis ,
- il penseroso ,
- ill humor ,
- ill temper ,
- infantile paralysis ,
- infectious disease ,
- infectious mononucleosis ,
- inflammatory rheumatism ,
- influenza ,
- irritability ,
- itch ,
- jail fever ,
- jungle rot ,
- kidney stone ,
- king's evil ,
- kissing disease ,
- leprosy ,
- leptospirosis ,
- lockjaw ,
- madness ,
- malaria ,
- malarial fever ,
- marsh fever ,
- measles ,
- megrims ,
- melancholia ,
- melancholy ,
- meningitis ,
- milzbrand ,
- mopes ,
- moroseness ,
- muffles ,
- mumbles ,
- necrosis ,
- ornithosis ,
- osteomyelitis ,
- paratyphoid fever ,
- parotitis ,
- parrot fever ,
- peevishness ,
- pertussis ,
- pessimism ,
- petulance ,
- phthisis ,
- piles ,
- pneumonia ,
- pneumonic plague ,
- polio ,
- poliomyelitis ,
- ponos ,
- pouts ,
- psittacosis ,
- pyaemia ,
- pyrosis ,
- quinsy ,
- rabbit fever ,
- rabies ,
- rachitis ,
- rage ,
- rat-bite fever ,
- relapsing fever ,
- resentment ,
- rheumatic fever ,
- rickettsialpox ,
- ringworm ,
- rubella ,
- rubeola ,
- rupture ,
- sadness ,
- scabies ,
- scarlatina ,
- scarlet fever ,
- schistosomiasis ,
- scowl ,
- scrofula ,
- seasickness ,
- septic sore throat ,
- shingles ,
- sleeping sickness ,
- sleepy sickness ,
- smallpox ,
- spite ,
- spleen ,
- splenic fever ,
- spotted fever ,
- strep throat ,
- struma ,
- sulkiness ,
- sullenness ,
- surliness ,
- swamp fever ,
- syntexis ,
- testiness ,
- tetanus ,
- tetchiness ,
- thrush ,
- tinea ,
- tonsillitis ,
- trachoma ,
- trench fever ,
- trench mouth ,
- trismus ,
- tuberculosis ,
- tularemia ,
- typhoid ,
- typhoid fever ,
- typhus ,
- typhus fever ,
- undulant fever ,
- vaccinia ,
- vapors ,
- varicella ,
- varicosis ,
- variola ,
- venereal disease ,
- whooping cough ,
- yaws ,
- yellow fever ,
- yellow jack ,
- zona ,
- zoster .
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How to use "Mumps" in context?
Mumps is a highly contagious virus that causes inflammation of the salivary glands. In most cases, mumps is a mild, self-limited illness that does not require any treatment. But in a small number of cases, mumps can lead to meningitis, deafness, or even death.
Mumps commonly occurs in school-aged children and young adults, but it can also affect adults of any age. The virus is spread through saliva or mucus, contact with an object or surface that has been contaminated with mumps saliva, or breathing in airborne mumps virus.
Paraphrases for Mumps:
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Other Related
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Noun, plural
measles.
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Noun, plural
Homophones for Mumps:
- minibike, Minnie Bush, money box, Miami Beach, mafioso, movie house, moneybag, mips, mombasa, menopause, minniebush, myopic, moonfish, mopes, mine pig, mavis, Minibus, may fish, move back, may bug, memphis, myopus, mayfish, mobbish, mobius, mps, main office.
Hyponym for Mumps:
n.
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state
infectious disease.
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state
Meronym for Mumps:
n.
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state
parotitis.
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