Parotitis
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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 inflammation of one or both parotid glands wordnet
Example
More examples"I except the mumps, or parotitis, described below; which is properly an external gland, as its excretory duct opens into the air."
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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