English Explanatory Dictionary

parotitis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Inflammation of one or both parotid glands.

Word forms

parotitis parotitides

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρωτῖτις (parōtîtis, “(disease of the) parotid gland”), from παρωτίς (parōtís, “gland behind the ear”). By surface analysis, parot(id) + -itis.

Derived words

pneumoparotitis uveoparotitis
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