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Mumps(health)
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mumps in pregnancy(medicine)
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metastatic mumps(medicine)
vaccination, mumps(medicine)
mumps virus(medicine)

mumps (iou)



mumps noun pl. (usu. treated as sing.). L16.
[Pl. of MUMP noun.]
An acute contagious viral disease mainly of children, characterized by swelling of the parotid salivary glands and fever; infectious parotitis. Also foll. by the. L16.
A fit of melancholy or ill humour; the sulks. L16.