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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mumps n.
 1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.
 2.  Med. A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands, and sometimes causing inflammation of the testes or ovaries; also called epidemic parotitis or infectious parotitis.  It is caused by infection with a paramyxovirus.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Par·o·ti·tis n.  Med. Inflammation of the parotid glands.
 Epidemic parotitis or Infectious parotitis, mumps.
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