mononucleosis

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Etymology

mono- + nucleus + -osis

Noun

mononucleosis (usually uncountable; plural mononucleoses)

1. (pathology) A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes, caused by an unusually high number of monocytes.

Synonyms

• glandular fever
• infectious mononucleosis
• kissing disease
• mono
• Pfeiffer's disease

Translations

viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, swollen lymph nodes, high monocyte count

• Czech: mononukleóza (cs) f
• Danish: mononukleose (da) c, kyssesyge (da) c
• Icelandic: einkirningasótt (is) f, eitlasótt (is) f, kossasótt (is) f
• Irish: monanúiclé-óis (ga) f, fiabhras faireoige (ga) m

• Italian: mononucleosi (it) f
• Japanese: 伝染性単核球症 (ja) (でんせんせいたんかくきゅうしょう, densen-seitan-kakukyū-shō)
• Swedish: körtelfeber (sv) c, infektiös mononukleos (sv) c, kyssjuka (sv) c