mononucleosis

Words with a similar base: infectious_mononucleosis, mononucleosis

'mononucleosis'

[infectious_mononucleosis.n.01] as in: 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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					mononucleosis (English)
├── -osis (English)
├── mono- (English)
│   └── μόνος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── nucleus (English)
    └── nucleus (Latin)

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