Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mumps"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mumps \Mumps\, n. [Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. {Mump},
{Mumble}, and {Mum}.]
1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. --Skinner.
2. [Prob. so called from the patient's appearance.] (Med.) A
specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a
nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands;
epidemic or infectious parotitis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mumps
n : an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and
by swelling of the parotid glands [syn: {epidemic
parotitis}]
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