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    MONONUCLEOSIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 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 kissingplay

    Synonyms:

    glandular fever; infectious mononucleosis; kissing disease; mono; mononucleosis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("mononucleosis" is a kind of...):

    infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

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