I would like to know what is the meaning of “Parotitis” in English and what is the correct translation in Spanish?

I saw this term in a list of ethnobotanic uses.

Parotitis is an inflammation of one or both parotid glands, the major salivary glands located on either side of the face, in humans. The parotid gland is the salivary gland most commonly affected by inflammation. – See link

Parotitis in Spanish is Parotiditis

Parotiditis, popularmente denominada como paperas, es una enfermedad contagiosa que puede ser aguda o crֳ³nica, localizada fundamentalmente en una o ambas glֳ¡ndulas parֳ³tidas, que son glֳ¡ndulas salivales mayores ubicadas detrֳ¡s de las ramas ascendentes de la mandֳ­bula. – See link

Definition of Parotitis in a medical dictionary (Thefreedictionary) – See link.

See the definition of Parotitis in the Oxford dictionaries – See link.

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