kissing_disease | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine) 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 | |
Synonyms: | glandular_fever mono mononucleosis infectious_mononucleosis | |
Related terms: | infectious_disease | |
Similar spelling: |
kissing_cousin |