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Definition of mumps noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mumps

noun
 
/mʌmps/
 
/mʌmps/
[uncountable]
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  1. a disease, especially of children, that causes painful swellings at the sides of the face and under the earsTopics Health problemsc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete mump ‘grimace, have a miserable expression’.
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