glandular fever

noun

Mononucleosis.

Similar
infectious mononucleosismononucleosismonokissing disease
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Meanings

nounglandular fever (usually uncountable, plural glandular fevers)

plural glandular fevers

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineMononucleosis.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing

Similar
infectious mononucleosismononucleosismonokissing disease
Broader
infectious disease
Also see
infectious mononucleosiskissing diseasemonomononucleosis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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glandular fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glandular%20fever

MLA

“glandular fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glandular%20fever. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glandular fever,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glandular%20fever.

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