mumps en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /mʌmps/
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Etymology
Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.
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.
2002 February 10, Sarah Lyall, “Britain Tries to Quell Fear Over Vaccine for Children”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2021:
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(form-of, plural) plural of mump
form of mump
- (dated, plural, plural-only) A gloomy or sullen silence.
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Translations (75)
eo mumpso (contagious disease) · fr oreillons (contagious disease) · su gondongeun (contagious disease) · ar نُكَاف (contagious disease) · fi sikotauti (contagious disease) · ko 볼거리 (contagious disease) · el μαγουλάδες (contagious disease) · tl buklaw (contagious disease) · gd a' phluc (contagious disease) · nap recchiune (contagious disease) · es paperas (contagious disease) · lt kiaulytė (contagious disease) · de Mumpf (contagious disease) · uk заву́шниця (contagious disease) · bg заушка (contagious disease) · cmn 腮腺炎 (contagious disease) · tl beke (contagious disease) · ceb bayuok (contagious disease) · ru сви́нка (contagious disease) · nl bof (contagious disease) · sq shyta (contagious disease) · hrx Kaschumbe (contagious disease) · fa اوریون (contagious disease) · ml മുണ്ടിനീര് (contagious disease) · ja 流行性耳下腺炎 (contagious disease) · gd a' phloic (contagious disease) · pt caxumba (contagious disease) · cy twymyn doben (contagious disease) · it parotite epidemica (contagious disease) · eu hazizurri (contagious disease) · io oreliono (contagious disease) · hu mumpsz (contagious disease) · war bikag (contagious disease) · pdt Mumps (contagious disease) · ja おたふく 風邪 (contagious disease) · af pampoentjies (contagious disease) · id beguk (contagious disease) · ru зау́шница (contagious disease) · mi repe hūware pupuhi (contagious disease) · pt parotidite epidémica (contagious disease) · vi quai bị (contagious disease) · kmr binguhik (contagious disease) · km សាលាទែន (contagious disease) · sh zauške (contagious disease) · pt papeira (contagious disease) · sk mumps (contagious disease) · sh заушке (contagious disease) · et mumps (contagious disease) · ha hàngum (contagious disease) · ast parotidis (contagious disease) · de Ziegenpeter (contagious disease) · el παρωτίτιδα (contagious disease) · he חַזֶּרֶת (contagious disease) · bcl bayuko (contagious disease) · km ស្រឡទែន (contagious disease) · sv parotit (contagious disease) · uk сви́нка (contagious disease) · cy clwy'r pennau (contagious disease) · it orecchioni (contagious disease) · es parotiditis (contagious disease) · no kusma (contagious disease) · pam bayki (contagious disease) · tr kabakulak (contagious disease) · ka ყბაყურა (contagious disease) · mk за́ушки (contagious disease) · vi chàm bàm (contagious disease) · nv ayaayááh niichaad (contagious disease) · sv påssjuka (contagious disease) · mi mate pupuhi repe (contagious disease) · chr ᎠᏓᏴᏦᏗᏍᎩ (contagious disease) · cs příušnice (contagious disease) · pam buklaw (contagious disease) · ro oreion (contagious disease) · de Mumps (contagious disease) · pl świnka (contagious disease)