"mononucleosis" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mononucleoses [plural]
Etymology: mono- + nucleus + -osis Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mono|nucleus|osis}} mono- + nucleus + -osis Head templates: {{en-noun|-|mononucleoses}} mononucleosis (usually uncountable, plural mononucleoses)
  1. (pathology) A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes. Wikipedia link: mononucleosis Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pathology, Viral diseases Synonyms: infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever, Pfeiffer's disease, Pfeiffer's glandular fever, kissing disease, mono Translations (infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever): 單核細胞增多症 (Chinese Mandarin), 单核细胞增多症 (dānhé xìbāo zēngduō zhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), mononukleóza [feminine] (Czech), mononukleose [common-gender] (Danish), kyssesyge [common-gender] (Danish), mononukleozo (Esperanto), pusutauti (Finnish), mononukleoosi (Finnish), mononucléose [feminine] (French), infektiöse Mononukleose [feminine] (German), Pfeiffer-Drüsenfieber [neuter] (German), αδενοπάθεια (adenopátheia) [feminine] (Greek), μονοπυρήνωση (monopyrínosi) [feminine] (Greek), mononukleózis (Hungarian), mirigyláz (Hungarian), csókbetegség (Hungarian), einkirningasótt [feminine] (Icelandic), eitlasótt [feminine] (Icelandic), kossasótt [feminine] (Icelandic), monanúiclé-óis [feminine] (Irish), fiabhras faireoige [masculine] (Irish), mononucleosi [feminine] (Italian), 伝染性単核球症 (densen-seitan-kakukyū-shō) (alt: でんせんせいたんかくきゅうしょう) (Japanese), mononukleoza [feminine] (Polish), mononucleoză [feminine] (Romanian), mononucleoză infecțioasă [feminine] (Romanian), mononucleosis [feminine] (Spanish), mononucleosis infecciosa [feminine] (Spanish), enfermedad del beso [feminine] (Spanish), körtelfeber [common-gender] (Swedish), infektiös mononukleos [common-gender] (Swedish), kyssjuka [common-gender] (Swedish), öpücük hastalığı (Turkish), mono hastalığı (Turkish), chwarenglwyf [feminine] (Welsh), twymyn y chwarennau [feminine] (Welsh)

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      "sense": "infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwarenglwyf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "twymyn y chwarennau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mononucleosis"
}

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