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punctate parotiditis(medicine)
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epidemic parotiditis (medicine)


epidemic parotiditis


An acute infectious and contagious disease caused by a Paramyxovirus and characterised by fever, inflammation and swelling of the parotid gland, sometimes of other salivary glands, and occasionally by inflammation of the testis, ovary, pancreas, or meninges.

Synonym: mumps.