uveoparotid, a. Med.
(ˈjuːvɪəʊpəˌrɒtɪd)
[f. uvea + -o + parotid a. and n.]
Affecting or involving the uvea and the parotid gland. So ˌuveoparoˈtitis, inflammation of the uvea and the parotid.
| 1917 Brit. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. I. 619 He came to the conclusion that..uveo-parotid fever is nothing more than atypical mumps. Ibid. 620 The case for mumps as the sole cause for uveo-parotitis is as yet, ‘not proven’. 1961 Lancet 16 Sept. 614/1 In 5 out of 13 patients who have uveoparotitis the pulmonary disease..has led to severe fibrosis. 1967 [see lymphogranuloma]. 1974 Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xv. 1/1 A generation ago textbooks gave accounts of Hutchinson's disease, Besnier's disease, Boeck's disease, lupus pernio and uveoparotid fever... All these conditions..are different expressions of the disorder now known as sarcoidosis. 1975 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 Dec. 731/2 Two middle-aged sisters, living separately, developed sarcoidosis with bilateral uveoparotitis and cranial palsies within six months of each other. |