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Parotitis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Inflammation of one or both parotid glands. countable, uncountable

    "I except the mumps, or parotitis, described below; which is properly an external gland, as its excretory duct opens into the air."

  2. 2
    inflammation of one or both parotid glands wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρωτῖτις (parōtîtis, “(disease of the) parotid gland”), from παρωτίς (parōtís, “gland behind the ear”). By surface analysis, parot(id) + -itis.

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