OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17480

mumps

/mʌmps/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
paperas • parotiditis
A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.
At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wip…
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