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papeira — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mumps noun A contagious viral illness that causes painful swelling of the glands in the face and neck.

Senses

papeira is used for these senses in English:

  • goitre (pathology, UK) An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
  • mumps (pathology) 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.

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