noun:a disease that causes fever and swelling in the lower part of the cheek
noun plural but singular or plural in construction:an acute contagious virus disease caused by a paramyxovirus (species 'Mumps virus' of the genus 'Rubulavirus') and marked by fever and by swelling especially of the parotid gland
Examples
She got (the) 'mumps'.
Movie quotes
(..) You have to fix this, not me. You almost gave us away. Good, huh? Grandpa will notice. It looks like he has mumps. We need to think of something a bit better. We start to build the dolphinarium in the autumn. First we have to complete (..)
