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An acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream
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mononucleosis
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes, caused by an unusually high number of monocytes.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 [syn: infectious mononucleosis , ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1920, coined from mononuclear + Modern Latin -osis "abnormal condition."
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He cast Alvin as a sacrificial fowl-carrier instead, but Alvin pulled out altogether when he became sick with mononucleosis .
Usage examples of mononucleosis.
In college my roommate was a secret klepto and hid the loot in my luggage and when they began to narrow it down, she turned me in, and six months later she got caught and they apologized and asked me to come back to school and the day I was due to leave I got infectious mononucleosis and my dog was run over.
I had her for Journalism I, and when Rosie got mononucleosis, Miss Parchester let me take over the column.
Three years ago, in the fall of 1964 I had mononucleosis, a disease of the blood that knocks you flat on your ass for months.
I went AWOL from the Quantico Naval Hospital, where I was recovering from mononucleosis, to attend the celebration.
Something tugged at memory and he recalled a New England summer long ago when he had caught mononucleosis the kissing disease in May of his last year in high school.
When I was thirteen I came down with mononucleosis, and for two months, listless and febrile, my throat reamed with barbed wire, I lived on a diet of chicken soup, hot Bovril, and pulp fiction.