(mumps) 1 syllables

Definition

noun. 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.

Example Sentence

The boy is sick with the mumps.

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Rhymes

  • bumps
  • clumps
  • dumps
  • gump's
  • jumps
  • lumps
  • mumps
  • pumps
  • slumps
  • stumps
  • thumps
  • trump's
  • trumps