MUMPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mumps mean? 

• MUMPS (noun)
  The noun MUMPS has 1 sense:

1. an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

  Familiarity information: MUMPS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUMPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

epidemic parotitis; mumps

Hypernyms ("mumps" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Meronyms (parts of "mumps"):

parotitis (inflammation of one or both parotid glands)

 Context examples 

You can catch mumps by being with another person who has it.

(Mumps, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Once the mumps virus enters the body, it passes into the bloodstream and can spread to many different glands and to the brain.

(Mumps Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Due to vaccination programs, mumps has become a rare disease.

(Mumps, NCI Thesaurus)

Viral arthritis is less common than bacterial arthritis and may be a manifestation of such viral diseases as mumps, rubella, hepatitis, etc.

(Infective Arthritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Measles (rubeola) virus, mumps virus, and Newcastle disease virus are paramyxoviruses.

(Paramyxovirus, NCI Dictionary)

Causes mumps and, in some cases, tenderness and swelling of the testes, pancreas, ovaries, or other organs; can also infect Rhesus monkeys, hamsters, rats and mice.

(Mumps Virus, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Causes can include problems with the teeth, jaws or temporomandibular joint, mumps, cancer, or a neuromuscular disorder.

(Chewing Difficulty, NCI Thesaurus)

Presence of cold agglutinins may be indicative of mycoplasmal pneumonia, mononucleosis, mumps, measles, scarlet fever, some parasitic infections, cirrhosis of the liver, and some types of hemolytic anemia.

(Cold Agglutinin, NCI Thesaurus)

Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus.

(Mumps, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

A contagious viral infection caused by the mumps virus.

(Mumps, NCI Thesaurus)