parotitis

American  

[par-uh-tahy-tis] / ˌpær əˈtaɪ tɪs /

Also parotiditis

noun

Pathology.

1. inflammation of a parotid.

2. mumps.

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parotitis British  

/ pəˌrɒtɪˈdaɪtɪs, ˌpærəˈtɪtɪk, ˌpærəˈtaɪtɪs, pəˌrɒtɪˈdɪtɪk /

noun

1. inflammation of the parotid gland See also mumps

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Other Word Forms

• parotitic adjective

Etymology

Origin of parotitis

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.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2016

The post-operative form of parotitis is most frequently met with after laparotomy for such conditions as suppurative appendicitis, perforated gastric ulcer, ovarian cyst, and pyosalpinx.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

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

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.

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

Bilateral symptomatic parotitis has naturally a graver prognosis than the unilateral form.

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