mumpsnoun [ U ]
uk/mʌmps/us/mʌmps/also the mumps an infectious disease that causes painful swelling in the neck and slight fever:
Children are vaccinated against measles and mumps.
Their youngest was off school with the mumps.
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Fevers & infectious diseases
- ague
- burn up
- chickenpox
- chlamydia
- dengue
- diphtheria
- Ebola
- EHF
- EVD
- feverish
- malaria
- pestilence
- plague
- polio
- quarantine
- scarlatina
- Staphylococcus infection
- typhoid fever
- yeast infection
- yellow fever
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