parotitis, parotiditis
(pă″rō-tī′tĭs )
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Inflammation of the parotid gland.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Parotitis, Parotiditis." Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763597/all/suppurative_parotitis.
Parotitis, parotiditis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763597/all/suppurative_parotitis. Accessed October 1, 2026.
Parotitis, parotiditis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763597/all/suppurative_parotitis
Parotitis, Parotiditis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 October 01]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/763597/all/suppurative_parotitis.
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