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Volume 32, Number 2—February 2026

Etymologia

Mumps [muhmps]

Shaan MohanComments to Author  and Ahmad Khan
Author affiliation: University of Leicester Medical School, Leicester, United Kingdom

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Three-dimensional graphic representation of a spherical-shaped mumps virus particle. Illustrated by Alissa Eckert. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Image Library (https://phil.cdc.gov).

Figure. Three-dimensional graphic representation of a spherical-shaped mumps virus particle. Illustrated by Alissa Eckert. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Image Library (https://phil.cdc.gov).

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