MUMPS

  1. (acronym) .  '''M'''assachusetts General Hospital '''U'''tility '''M'''ulti-'''P'''rograming '''S'''ystem; a programming language (and database) developed originally to be specifically for hierarchically arranged records, such as medical records.
  2. Noun.  (pathology) A contagious disease caused by a virus of the genus ''Rubulavirus'', mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.
  3. Verb.  (third-person singular of, mump) .

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