HyperDic: mumps

English > 1 sense of the word *mumps*:
NOUN	state	mumps, epidemic parotitis	an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

mumps > pronunciation
Sounds	mah'mps
Rhymes	dumps

English > *mumps*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	An acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands.
Synonym	epidemic parotitis
Parts	parotitis	inflammation of one or both parotid glands
Broader	infectious disease	A disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
Spanish	paperas, parotiditis
Catalan	galteres, parotiditis