Parotitis (Noun)
Meaning
Inflammation of one or both parotid glands.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed with parotitis, which caused significant swelling on one side of his face.
- A painful swelling on her left cheek was identified as a symptom of parotitis by her doctor.
- Mumps, a common cause of parotitis in children, has seen a significant decrease in incidence due to widespread vaccination.
- Surgical treatment of parotitis usually focuses on managing the complications of gland infection.
- Benign lymphoepithelial lesion parotitis often causes severe chronic swelling in both parotid glands of Sjögren's syndrome patients.