Glandular Fever (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- After contracting glandular fever, Emily spent two weeks in bed with a fever that just wouldn't break.
- Some research suggests that glandular fever is not solely transmitted through direct contact with infected individuals, contrary to common opinion.
- Rex suffered a mild bout of glandular fever but experienced months of residual fatigue following recovery.
- University administrators made every effort to monitor student outbreaks of glandular fever given its mysterious reemergence each winter term.
- Kate wondered how something supposedly rare, such as glandular fever, was common among practically her whole team last hockey season.