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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis, mono, glandular fever, kissing disease]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

kissing disease \kiss"ing dis*ease"\ Infectious mononucleosis; -- so called because often spread by kissing. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kissing disease n 1: 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 [syn: infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis, mono, glandular fever, kissing disease]