mumps

Significado (Inglés)

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

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• Noun
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Conceptos

paperas

parotiditis

papera

parótida

Sinónimos

epidemic parotitis

parotitis

double chin

goiter

swelling

east coast fever

Traducciones

oreillons

Mumps

orecchioni

caxumba

bof

Ziegenpeter

parotite

παρωτίτιδα

galteres

parotite epidemica

kabakulak

parotidite

papeira

parotiditis

Etimología (Inglés)

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