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Vinony

mumps

noun

  1. Human disease caused by paramyxovirus
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mʌmps/

name

  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.

noun

Etymology: Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.

  1. plural of mump

verb

Etymology: Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mump