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Inflammation of the parotid glands. Epidemic, or Infectious, parotitis, mumps.

ng or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom. And good from bad find no partition. Shak.

The act of partitioning.

Denoting a part; as, a partitive genitive.

In a partitive manner.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, pegmatite; as, the pegmatic structure of certain rocks resembling graphic granite.

Inflammation of the tissues surrounding the bladder.

Inflammation of the periosteum.

Inflammation of the tissues about the rectum.

ower, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer. A house of prayer and petition for thy people. 1 Macc. vii. 37. This last petition heard of all her prayer. Dryden.

By way of begging the question; by an assumption. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Supplicatory; making a petition. Pardon Rome, and any petitionary countrymen. Shak.

A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.

One who presents a petition.

The act of presenting apetition; a supplication.

A sly or artful person. Whitgift. General practitioner. See under General, 2.

Inflammation of the rectum.

, as from a parent; derived, as from an ancestor. [R.] The threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained. Gibbon.

Inflammation of the prostate.

A division or distribution by four, or into four parts; also, a taking the fourth part of any quantity or number.