Meanings
plural parotitides
- countableuncountablemedicineInflammation of one or both parotid glands.
I except the mumps, or parotitis, described below; which is properly an external gland, as its excretory duct opens into the air.
1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or the Laws of Organic Life1 more example
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.
2012, Vincent Marks, Differential Diagnosis by Laboratory Medicine
Origin
- Ancient Greekπαρωτῖτις“(disease of the) parotid gland”
- Englishparotitis
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.
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Bulgarian пароти́т
- пароти́т (parotít)inflammation of one or both parotid glands
Chinese Mandarin 腮腺炎
- 腮腺炎 (sāixiànyán)inflammation of one or both parotid glands
Czech parotitida
- parotitidainflammation of one or both parotid glands
Dutch parotitis
- parotitisinflammation of one or both parotid glands
Finnish parotiitti
- parotiittiinflammation of one or both parotid glands
French parotidite
- parotiditeinflammation of one or both parotid glands
Hungarian fültőmirigy-gyulladás
- fültőmirigy-gyulladásinflammation of one or both parotid glands
Portuguese parotidite
- parotiditeinflammation of one or both parotid glands
Russian пароти́т
- пароти́т (parotít)inflammation of one or both parotid glands
Spanish parotiditis
- parotiditisinflammation of one or both parotid glands
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parotitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parotitis
“parotitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parotitis. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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