Medical Dictionary
mumps
noun pl but singular or pl in constr \ˈməm(p)s\
Medical Definition of MUMPS
: an acute contagious virus disease caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Rubulavirus (species Mumps virus) and marked by fever and by swelling especially of the parotid gland—called also epidemic parotitis
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