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parotid
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[pəˈrɒtɪd], (Adjective)
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- relating to, situated near, or affecting a parotid gland
(e.g: the parotid duct)
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late Middle English late Middle English (as a noun denoting a tumour of the parotid gland): via Old French and Latin from Greek parōtis, parōtid- ‘tumour of the parotid gland’, from para- ‘beside’ + ous, ōt- ‘ear’
[pəˈrɒtɪd], (Noun)
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late Middle English late Middle English (as a noun denoting a tumour of the parotid gland): via Old French and Latin from Greek parōtis, parōtid- ‘tumour of the parotid gland’, from para- ‘beside’ + ous, ōt- ‘ear’
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