MUMPS

mumps. Mumps, n. pl. fallenness, a disease of the neck

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Mumps (?), n. [[Prov. E. mump to be sulky. Cf. Mump, Mumble, and Mum.]] 1. 1. pl. Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. Skinner.
2. 2. [] (Med.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.