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MUMPS¹
proper noun
- Acronym of Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System, a programming language (and database) developed originally to be specifically for hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.
mumps²
- /mʌmps/
Rhymes with -ʌmps
Where it comes from
Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.
noun
- 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 wiped out.
- A gloomy or sullen silence.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of mump
noun
- plural of mump
Translations
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noun contagious disease
| Español | paperas, parotiditis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 볼거리 bolgeori |
| 日本語 | 流行性耳下腺炎 ryūkōsei jikasen'en, おたふく 風邪 otafuku kaze |
| 中文 | 腮腺炎 sāixiànyán |
| Português | parotidite epidémica, papeira, caxumba |
| Français | oreillons |
| Deutsch | Mumps, Ziegenpeter, Mumpf |
| Italiano | parotite epidemica, orecchioni |
| Ελληνικά | παρωτίτιδα parotítida, μαγουλάδες magouládes |
| Română | oreion |
| Русский | зау́шница zaúšnica, сви́нка svínka |
| Tiếng Việt | quai bị, chàm bàm |
| العربية | نُكَاف nukāf |
| עברית | חַזֶּרֶת khazéret |
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