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Mumps has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

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Noun
1

an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and by swelling of the parotid glands

2

A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

3

plural of mump

Verb
1

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mump

Proper Noun
1

Acronym of Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System; a programming language (and database) developed originally to be specifically for hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.

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