mononucleosis

mononucleosis

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ nucleus +‎ -osis

Noun

mononucleosis (usually uncountable, plural mononucleoses)

1. (pathology) A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.

   Synonyms: infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever, Pfeiffer's disease, Pfeiffer's glandular fever, kissing disease, mono

Translations

infectious mononucleosis, glandular fever

Chinese: Mandarin: 單核細胞增多症／单核细胞增多症 (zh) (dānhé xìbāo zēngduō zhèng) Czech: mononukleóza f Danish: mononukleose c, kyssesyge c Esperanto: mononukleozo Finnish: pusutauti (fi), mononukleoosi (fi) French: mononucléose (fr) f German: infektiöse Mononukleose f, Pfeiffer-Drüsenfieber (de) n Greek: αδενοπάθεια (el) f (adenopátheia), μονοπυρήνωση (el) f (monopyrínosi) Hungarian: mononukleózis, mirigyláz, csókbetegség Icelandic: einkirningasótt f, eitlasótt f, kossasótt f Irish: monanúiclé-óis f, fiabhras faireoige m Italian: mononucleosi (it) f Japanese: 伝染性単核球症 (でんせんせいたんかくきゅうしょう, densen-seitan-kakukyū-shō) Romanian: mononucleoză (ro) f, mononucleoză infecțioasă (ro) f Spanish: mononucleosis f, mononucleosis infecciosa f, enfermedad del beso f Swedish: körtelfeber (sv) c, infektiös mononukleos c, kyssjuka c Turkish: öpücük hastalığı, mono hastalığı

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Interlingua

Alternative forms

• mononucleose (rare)

Noun

mononucleosis (uncountable)

1. mononucleosis

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Spanish

Etymology

mono- +‎ núcleo +‎ -osis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mononukleˈosis/ [mo.no.nu.kleˈo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: mo‧no‧nu‧cle‧o‧sis

Noun

mononucleosis f (plural mononucleosis)

1. mononucleosis

   Synonyms: mononucleosis infecciosa, enfermedad del beso

Derived terms

• mononucleósico

Further reading

• “mononucleosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014