kissing disease English

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kissing disease

— noun (= infectious mononucleosis) 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

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infectious mononucleosis

mononucleosis

glandular fever

mono

monocytic angina

lymphocytic angina

acute benign lymphoblastosis