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EPIDEMIC PAROTITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands
Synonyms:
epidemic parotitis; mumps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("epidemic parotitis" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)
Meronyms (parts of "epidemic parotitis"):
parotitis (inflammation of one or both parotid glands)
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