infectious mononucleosis

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infectious mononucleosis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  infectious mononucleosis
      n 1: 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, glandular fever,
           kissing disease]