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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Infectious mononucleosis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Infectious mononucleosis; -- so called because often spread by kissing.
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- noun informal
Nickname formononucleosis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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