MONONUCLEOSIS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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
   Synonym(s)
   • glandular fever (what does glandular fever mean?)
   • infectious mononucleosis (what does infectious mononucleosis mean?)
   • kissing disease (what does kissing disease mean?)
   • mono (what does mono mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) mononucleosis is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • infectious disease (what does infectious disease mean?)