Meaning of PAROTITIS
| Pronunciation: | | `paru'tItis
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| | Definition: | | [n] inflammation of one or both parotid glands |
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| | See Also: | | epidemic parotitis, inflammation, mumps, redness, rubor | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Par`o*ti"tis\, n. [NL. See {Parotid}, and {-itis}.]
(Med.)
Inflammation of the parotid glands.
{Epidemic}, or {Infectious}, {parotitis}, mumps.
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| | Definition: | | This is the inflammation of the parotid gland, often the result of mumps virus infection. Usually (two thirds of the time), if one gland becomes inflammed, the other also becomes inflammed. |
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