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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mononucleosis
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]