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noun
A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever, Pfeiffer's disease, Pfeiffer's glandular fever, kissing disease, mono
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: infectious mononucleosis, mono, glandular fever, kissing disease
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: infectious disease
History
From mono- + nucleus + -osis.
Across languages
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
