Meaning of MONONUCLEOSIS
| Pronunciation: | | `mânu`nooklee'owsis
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| | Definition: | | [n] 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 |
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| | Synonyms: | | glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis, kissing disease, mono |
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| | See Also: | | infectious disease | |
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| | Definition: | |  Mononucleosis
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- A virus in the family Herpesviridae which infects humans. It causes infectious mononucleosis, which is characterized by debility, fever, sore throat, enlarged lymph nodes, and an increase in white blood cell count. This virus is transmitted mainly via saliva and is associated with carcinomas of the nasal passages and throat and with Burkitt's lymphoma.
- Mononucleosis is an infection of Epstein Barr virus. Incubation period is 5 to 7 weeks. Symptoms include headache, generalized malaise and fatigue, sore throat, fever, and enlarged cervical lymph nodes. CBC done during the first week of illness shows granulocytopenia with normal white cell count. Thereafter, the white blood cell count increases steadily reaching as high as 50,000 mainly due to increases in lymphocyte count. Heterophil antibodies and Monospot tests are positive. The lymphocytes in IM have large vacuoles, foamy cytoplasm and dark chromatin in the nucleus, thus named "atypical lymphocytes".
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