Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
glandular fever
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But she suffered a setback when a bout of glandular fever looked like bringing her season to an abrupt halt.
▪ Damon had given Jasper measles, glandular fever, two bouts of flu and two colds since Easter.
▪ He contracted glandular fever and viral meningitis.
▪ Occasionally a person will suffer from a long and unpleasant illness like glandular fever, but this is rare.
▪ Or was he stricken with glandular fever?
▪ The 19-year-old Boat Club starlet was struck down by glandular fever last summer, and spent a frustrating time on the sidelines.
▪ These symptoms looked just like those of glandular fever, and that was what her doctor diagnosed.
▪ This virus causes glandular fever and is also associated with a human cancer called Burkitt's lymphoma.
Wiktionary
glandular fever
n. (context pathology English) infectious mononucleosis
WordNet
glandular fever
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, mononucleosis, mono, kissing disease]
Usage examples of "glandular fever".
For a year Perec had been afflicted by Epstein-Barr virus, a debilitating form of glandular fever, and had only just returned to the track.
Did you suggest she should complain of a sore throat, or was it just a bit of luck that Dr Rahmat suspected glandular fever?
He was tested for all kinds of infection from Lassa fever and glandular fever to all known viruses at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.