mumps
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- noun
- /mʌmps/
- Specialized
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paperas
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccine #
And then the next day my dad rings me and he's like, have you got mumps?
- And then the next day my dad rings me and he's like, have you got mumps?
- I know this one mumps and and rubella.
- Well, it's certainly right for measles, mumps and rubella.
- But we have had mumps at that, you know, consistently five years now.
- So for example, when he was talking about the MMR vaccines or measles, mumps, rubella, they'll tell you robustly tested, robustly tested.
Examples
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I mean, the fastest vaccine ever developed before this was the mumps, which was a four year process.
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But we have had mumps at that, you know, consistently five years now.
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# Mumps said the doctor.
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But happily she came down with mumps or measles or some great disease.
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Well, it's certainly right for measles, mumps and rubella.
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So pertussis, mumps, measles, rubella and diphtheria all are childhood diseases that child children can get very sick.
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So today, if you're vaccinated with the Merck mumps product, you're vaccinated with the Gerald Lynn strain.
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The doctor explained that mumps is an infectious viral disease that causes swelling of the parotid glands.
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Many children contract mumps before they are fully vaccinated against the disease.
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After catching mumps, she had to stay home from school for a week due to the swelling and fever.
Synonyms
A viral disease called mumps that causes fever and swelling of the glands by the ears and spreads easily
Swelling and pain of the glands that make saliva near the jaw
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mumps comes from an old word mump meaning 'to pout or sulk'. People began to call the illness mumps because the swollen cheeks make someone look like they are pouting, so today mumps means the viral disease that causes cheek swelling.