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GC: n S: Med – http://medicine.med.nyu.edu/conditions-we-treat/conditions/parotitis (last access: 1 September 2014); Medscape – http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/882461-clinical (last access: 10 October 2015). N: 1. Parotitis causes swelling in one or both of the parotid glands. These are two large salivary glands that are inside each cheek over the jaw in front of each
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GC: n S: WHO – http://www.who.int/topics/pertussis/en/ (last access: 11 July 2015); CDC – http://www.cdc.gov/pertussis/index.html (last access: 11 July 2015). N: 1. “whooping cough,” 1670s (Sydenham), from Modern Latin pertussis, from per- “thoroughly” + tussis “cough,” of unknown origin. . A37: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related
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