Parotitis

Inflammation of salivary glands.


Alternate name for mumps, usually prefaced by the term epidemic or infectious.


Inflammation of one or both parotid glands, as in mumps.


Inflammation of the parotid gland caused by infection or by many autoimmune disorders. Epidemic parotitis is another name for mumps.


Parotid gland inflammation commonly arises as a result of mumps virus infection.


 


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