kissing disease

2 definitions found

kissing disease - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  kissing disease \kiss"ing dis*ease"\
     Infectious mononucleosis; -- so called because often spread
     by kissing.
     [PJC]

kissing disease - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  kissing disease
      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]