1. (n.) Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.

2. (n.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.

African lethargy Asiatic cholera Chagres fever German measles Haverhill fever acute articular rheumatism ague alkali disease amebiasis amebic dysentery anthrax bacillary dysentery bastard measles black death black fever blackwater fever blahs blue devils blues breakbone fever brucellosis bubonic plague cachectic fever cerebral rheumatism chicken pox cholera cowpox dandy fever deer fly fever dengue dengue fever diphtheria dismals dods doldrums dolefuls dorts dumdum fever dumps dysentery elephantiasis encephalitis lethargica enteric fever erysipelas famine fever five-day fever flu frambesia frumps glandular fever grippe grumps hansenosis hepatitis herpes herpes simplex herpes zoster histoplasmosis hookworm hydrophobia infantile paralysis infectious mononucleosis inflammatory rheumatism influenza jail fever jungle rot kala azar kissing disease lepra leprosy leptospirosis loa loa loaiasis lockjaw madness malaria malarial fever marsh fever measles megrims meningitis milzbrand mopes mulligrubs ornithosis osteomyelitis paratyphoid fever parotitis parrot fever pertussis pneumonia polio poliomyelitis polyarthritis rheumatism ponos pouts psittacosis rabbit fever rabies rat-bite fever relapsing fever rheumatic fever rickettsialpox ringworm rubella rubeola scarlatina scarlet fever schistosomiasis septic sore throat shingles sleeping sickness sleepy sickness smallpox snail fever splenic fever spotted fever strep throat sulks sullens swamp fever tetanus thrush tinea trench fever trench mouth tuberculosis tularemia typhoid typhoid fever typhus typhus fever undulant fever vaccinia varicella variola venereal disease viral dysentery whooping cough yaws yellow fever yellow jack zona zoster