acute, inflammatory, contagious disease caused by Rubulavirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, especially the parotids, and sometimes of the pancreas, ovaries, or testes; spread by direct contact, airborne droplet nuclei, fomites contaminated by infectious saliva, and perhaps urine.
Also applicable to/known as
Epidemic parotitis
Infectious parotitis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 072.9