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9 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun inflammation of one or both parotid glands
originLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek παρωτῖτις (parōtîtis, “(disease of the) parotid gland”), from παρωτίς (parōtís, “gland behind the ear”). By surface analysis, parot(id) + -itis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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