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MeSH Heading: Parotitis
Tree Number(s): C07.465.815.470.800; C07.465.815.793.500
Unique ID: D010309
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010309
Annotation: in translations use "parotitis", not "parotiditis" despite form of vernacular
Scope Note: INFLAMMATION of the PAROTID GLAND.
Entry Term(s): Parotiditis
NLM Classification #: WI 230
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Parotitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2025