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parotitis

American  
[par-uh-tahy-tis] / ˌpær əˈtaɪ tɪs /
Also parotiditis

noun

Pathology.
  1. inflammation of a parotid.

  2. mumps.


parotitis British  
/ pəˌrɒtɪˈdaɪtɪs, ˌpærəˈtɪtɪk, ˌpærəˈtaɪtɪs, pəˌrɒtɪˈdɪtɪk /

noun

  1. inflammation of the parotid gland See also mumps

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of parotitis

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

Example Sentences

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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.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2016

According to Hoffmann,66 16 cases of suppurative parotitis were found at Basle among about 1600 typhoid fever patients, 7 of the 16 ending fatally.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Tuberculosis and actinomycosis may infrequently be characterized by the lodgment of their parasitic causes in the parotid glands, in which case parotitis may be a symptom of either of these diseases.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

When metastasis occurs, the return of fever calls for the same general treatment as in the early stage of parotitis.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

And in the parotitis, or mumps, the breasts of women swell, when the tumor of the parotitis subsides.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

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