parotitis

Also pa·rot·i·di·tis

[par-uh-tahy-tis]

noun

Pathology.

1. inflammation of a parotid.

2. mumps.

parotitis

/ pəˌrɒtɪˈdaɪtɪs, ˌpærəˈtɪtɪk, ˌpærəˈtaɪtɪs, pəˌrɒtɪˈdɪtɪk /

noun

1. inflammation of the parotid gland See also mumps

Other Word Forms

• parotitic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of parotitis¹

First recorded in 1815–25; parot(id) + -itis

Example Sentences

After a trip to the ER and several follow-up visits while doctors worked on a diagnosis that turned out to be parotitis, an infection of the glands, Chandler’s bills reached $1,300.

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As a pediatrician, I see a case of parotitis, or inflammation of the parotid gland, about once a year.

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The condition has a number of symptoms — including fever, muscle aches, fatigue and the swelling of one or both of the salivary glands, called parotitis.

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The term parotitis is applied to a condition of painful enlargement of one or both parotid glands, inflammatory in nature, acute in its course, and usually subsiding by resolution, but sometimes ending in suppuration.

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The most common sequel� arising from the disease are thrombosis of a vein, usually in the thigh; bronchitis; one-sided parotitis; outbreaks of boils and superficial abscesses; and more occasionally heart weakness and disease of bone.

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