parotitis

Meaning

Inflammation of one or both parotid glands.

Synonyms

mumps

swollen glands

parotitidis

Translations

parotidite

parotidite

parotite

parotiditis

Parotitis

bof

نكف

parotitis

Entzündung der Ohrspeicheldrüse

μαγουλάδες

parotitis

inflamação da glândula salivar

papeira

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρωτῖτις (parōtîtis, “(disease of the) parotid gland”), from παρωτίς (parōtís, “gland behind the ear”). By surface analysis, parot(id) + -itis.