mononucleosis

English

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever

• Czech: mononukleóza f
• Danish: mononukleose c, kyssesyge c
• Greek: αδενοπάθεια (el) f (adenopátheia)
• Icelandic: einkirningasótt f, eitlasótt f, kossasótt f
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• Irish: monanúiclé-óis f, fiabhras faireoige m
• Italian: mononucleosi (it) f
• Japanese: 伝染性単核球症 (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 c, kyssjuka c

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Interlingua

Alternative forms

• mononucleose (rare)

Noun

mononucleosis (uncountable)

1. mononucleosis

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Spanish

Noun

mononucleosis f (plural mononucleosis)

1. mononucleosis