mononucleosis

English

Etymology

From 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)
• Polish: mononukleoza f
• 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
• Welsh: chwarenglwyf f, twymyn y chwarennau f

Interlingua

Alternative forms

• mononucleose (rare)

Noun

mononucleosis (uncountable)

1. mononucleosis

Spanish

Etymology

From 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16