mononucleosis
/ˌmɒnəʊˌnjuːkliˈəʊsɪs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌmɑːnəʊˌnuːkliˈəʊsɪs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌmä-nə-ˌnü-klē-ˈō-səs -ˌnyü-/ (ame, mw)
mononucleosis — noun
1. a viral illness, usually spread through saliva, that swells the glands in the ne
a viral illness, usually spread through saliva, that swells the glands in the neck and leaves the person tired, feverish, and unable to work normally for several weeks or months.
Hyun missed the spring semester after a blood test confirmed mononucleosis.
collocation: confirm / diagnose mononucleosis
The school nurse warned the team that mononucleosis can spread through shared water bottles.
common transmission context: shared drinks / kissing
Doctors told Tuan to rest for six weeks because mononucleosis had enlarged his spleen.
Mononucleosis is often called the kissing disease in American high schools.
Yara felt exhausted for months after recovering from a serious case of mononucleosis.
- mono
informal short form, common in American everyday speech
- glandular fever
the standard British English name for the same illness
- kissing disease
informal nickname referring to its saliva-based transmission
文法句型
a case of mononucleosis
have mononucleosis
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable; refer to instances with 'a case of mononucleosis'. In informal American English, frequently shortened to 'mono'; the full Latin form belongs to medical writing and news reports.