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parotitides

parotitides is the plural of parotitis.

Meaning of parotitis

Noun

parotitis (countable and uncountable, plural parotitides)

  1. Inflammation of one or both parotid glands.
    • I except the mumps, or parotitis, described below; which is properly an external gland, as its excretory duct opens into the air.1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life

Questions about parotitides

What is parotitides the plural of?
Parotitides is the plural of parotitis.

Words near parotitides in the dictionary

  1. parotidoauricularis
  2. parotidomegaly
  3. parotids
  4. parotis
  5. parotitic
  6. parotitides
  7. parotitis
  8. parotoid
  9. parotoid gland
  10. parotoid glands
  11. parotoids

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