kissing disease

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

mono mononucleosis infectious mononucleosis glandular fever black death hepatitis madness leprosy influenza diphtheria dysentery measles meningitis herpes rabies

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Hypernyms

infectious disease

Examples

I don't like Heather Graham. She did an interview and said, 'I didn't want to kiss Corey; I didn't want to catch his mononucleosis. He had a kissing disease.' Corey Haim

Close letter words and terms

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