mumps

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (plural, plural-only) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.
2. (dated, plural, plural-only) A gloomy or sullen silence.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of mump

mump

• Verb
• Noun
• Noun

Llegeix-ne més

Conceptes

galteres

parotiditis

Sinònims

epidemic parotitis

parotitis

double chin

goiter

swelling

east coast fever

Traduccions

oreillons

Mumps

paperas

orecchioni

bof

caxumba

parotiditis

Ziegenpeter

parotite

παρωτίτιδα

papeira

parotite epidemica

parotidite

kabakulak

Etimologia (Anglès)

Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.