kissing disease

n. Informal

Infectious mononucleosis.

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kissing disease - 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

glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis, mono, mononucleosis

infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

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