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

1 sense of 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)