{"id":11506,"date":"2020-03-03T07:32:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T07:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=11506"},"modified":"2023-08-17T06:13:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T06:13:03","slug":"parotitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/parotitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Parotitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inflammation of salivary glands.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Alternate name for mumps, usually prefaced by the term epidemic or infectious.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Inflammation of one or both parotid glands, as in mumps.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Inflammation of the parotid gland caused by infection or by many autoimmune disorders. 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