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UK
/mˌɒnəʊnjˌuːklɪˈəʊsɪs/
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NOUN
- an 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
How To Use mononucleosis In A Sentence
- To explore the dynamic changes of cellular immune function in children with infectious mononucleosis .
- Infectious mononucleosis should be suspected and a diagnostic evaluation obtained in febrile patients who have sore throat plus splenomegaly, palatal petechiae, or posterior, axillary, or inguinal adenopathy.
- The pharyngitis and flu-like symptoms are difficult to distinguish from mononucleosis in older patients.
- Since infectious mononucleosis typically resolves on its own, the only treatment usually needed is bed rest, lots of fluids (Grandma's chicken soup) and symptomatic relief (such as gargling for sore throat, acetaminophen for fever). The Observer-Dispatch Home RSS
- Recognition that the spleen had ruptured was delayed because of the patient's stable clinical condition and lack of coexisting symptoms of infectious mononucleosis.
- Furthermore, if infectious mononucleosis is misdiagnosed as strep throat and treated with certain antibiotics (such as ampicillin), most patients will develop a rash (often misdiagnosed as an allergic reaction). The Observer-Dispatch Home RSS
- Symptomatic, primary HIV-1 infection is generally characterised by a mononucleosis-like illness, with or without aseptic meningitis.
- These white blood cells help fight viral infections, and an increased number of ‘atypical’ lymphocytes usually indicates current infection with mononucleosis.
- Along the way, she had had every sort of illness imaginable, from bronchitis to strep throat to mononucleosis. SUDDENLY
- Other diagnoses included diarrhoeal disease, dengue fever, typhoid, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, brucellosis, acute myeloid leukaemia, and infectious mononucleosis.