n. an acute communicable disease; usually of childhood; caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands; esp. the parotid; and; in adults; often complicated by inflammation of the testes; ovaries; etc.
The boy is sick with the mumps.
The boy is sick with the mumps.
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