Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun infectious_mononucleosis

1 sense of infectious mononucleosis

Sense 1
infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis, mono, glandular fever, kissing disease -- (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)
       => infectious disease -- (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

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