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parotitis

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Inflammation of one or both parotid glands.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolparotiditis
Françaisparotidite
Portuguêsparotidite
8 more languages
Беларускаяпаратыт
Қазақ тіліпаротит
한국어볼거리
Nederlandsparotitis
Русскийпароти́т

Examples

“I except the mumps, or parotitis, described below; which is properly an external gland, as its excretory duct opens into the air.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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