Mumps

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"Mumps" in a Sentence (11 examples)

I'm afraid she may have the mumps.

Mumps is an infectious disease.

Her face is really swollen, but she says that it isn't the mumps. Apparently, it's some unknown hereditary disease.

The doctor's children died of mumps.

I think that he has mumps.

Let’s take, for example the myth that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is the cause of autism. This claim has been completely discredited, yet several Hollywood celebrities continue to endorse it, some backing an anti-vaccine film made by pseudo-scientists.

Ziri has the mumps.

Tom has the mumps.

I was scared she had the mumps.

I was afraid she had the mumps.

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At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out.

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