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kissing disease en · NOUN

Etymology

So called because it may be transmitted through kissing.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, uncountable) Mononucleosis.
    • It was in a college, West Point, that infectious mononucleosis won a romantic reputation. . . . Investigators at a girls' school also found post-vacation peaks, and mono became known as the "kissing disease". 1961 February, “What in the world is Mononucleosis?”, in Kiplinger Magazine, retrieved 19 Oct 2010, page 30:

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Translations (3)

hu csókbetegség (mononucleosis) · es enfermedad del beso (mononucleosis) · sv kyssjuka (mononucleosis)