mononucleosis
IPA: mɑnʌnˈukɫiˈoʊsʌs
noun
- (pathology) A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
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Examples of "mononucleosis" in Sentences
- Also known as mononucleosis, EBV could hit teenagers especially hard.
- -- RB Rolandon Finch, who had the end of his freshman year wiped out by mononucleosis, is expected back for spring.
- The virus that causes infectious mononucleosis is excreted for months, sometimes years, in body fluids, but only appears to be contagious during the early phase of the illness.
- MAHER: Okay, but she did like take a five-month leave from high school because she had [uses fingers to make quote marks] "mononucleosis" right around the time the baby was being born.
- The one time I asked to clock out early and go home was when I showed up with a viral infection called mononucleosis that I could have passed on to my co-workers and customers with a cough or a sneeze.
- The daughter - who we know is fertile because she's knocked up again, or maybe for the first time ... she did like take a five-month leave from high school because she had [uses fingers to indicate quote marks] 'mononucleosis' right around the time the baby was being born.
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