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MONONUCLEOSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
glandular fever; infectious mononucleosis; kissing disease; mono; mononucleosis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("mononucleosis" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)
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