parotitis
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word parotitis. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word parotitis, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say parotitis in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word parotitis you have here. The definition of the word parotitis will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofparotitis, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
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.
Noun
parotitis (countable and uncountable, plural parotitides)
- (pathology) Inflammation of one or both parotid glands.
- 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life:
- I except the mumps, or parotitis, described below; which is properly an external gland, as its excretory duct opens into the air.
- 2012, Vincent Marks, Differential Diagnosis by Laboratory Medicine:
- Test Purpose 1) to diagnose acute pancreatitis, acute relapse of chronic pancreatitis, 2) to distinguish between acute pancreatitis and other causes of abdominal pain requiring immediate surgery, 3) to evaluate possible pancreatic injury caused by abdominal trauma or surgery, 4) to help in the diagnosis of epidemic and alcoholic parotitides.
Hyponyms
Translations
inflammation of one or both parotid glands
|