HyperDic: epidemic_parotitis

English > 1 sense of the expression epidemic parotitis:
NOUNstateepidemic parotitis, mumpsan acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
English > epidemic parotitis: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningAn acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands.
Synonymmumps
Partsparotitisinflammation of one or both parotid glands
Broaderinfectious diseaseA disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
Spanishpaperas, parotiditis
Catalangalteres, parotiditis

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict