mumps

name

1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System, a programming language (and database) developed originally to be specifically for hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.

noun

1. (plural, plural-only)A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.

   “At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out.”

2. (dated, plural, plural-only)A gloomy or sullen silence.
3. (form-of, plural)plural of mump

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of mump