Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mumps
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Mumps
mumps
noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: from plural of obsolete mump grimace Date: 1598 an acute contagious virus disease caused by a paramyxovirus (species Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus) and marked by fever and by swelling especially of the parotid gland
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1.
n.pl. 1 (treated as sing.) a contagious and infectious viral disease with swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the face. 2 a fit of sulks. Derivatives mumpish adj. (in sense 2). Etymology: archaic mump be sullen ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
1. мед. парорит эпидемический, свинка, заушница 2. приступ плохого настроения to have the mumps —- быть в дурном настроении, хандрить ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
Mumps is a disease usually caught by children. It causes a mild fever and painful swelling of the glands in the neck. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
also the mumps ~ n an infectious illness which makes your neck swell and become painful, and is common among children ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
gen. comp. abbr. Multi- User Multi- Programming System gen. comp. abbr. Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi- Programming System ...English abbreviation dictionary
8.
- 1598, from plural of mump "a grimace," probably in allusion to swelling of face during the disease and/or to painful difficulty swallowing. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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