Glandular-fever Synonyms

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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. infectious mononucleosis
  2. mononucleosis
  3. mono
  4. kissing-disease

Glandular-fever Sentence Examples

  • The hospital laboratory can diagnose glandular fever by testing a blood sample from a patient.

  • Infection by a virus may come from the same virus that causes colds and from an Epstein-Barr virus - the latter causes glandular fever.

  • I eat too much in the same way I was tired when I had glandular fever.

  • I developed ME after contracting glandular fever about four years ago.

  • Some people with ME/CFS have abnormally shaped white cells (atypical lymphocytes ), particularly following glandular fever.