mononucleosis Med.
(ˌmɒnəʊnjuːklɪˈəʊsɪs)
[f. mononuclear a. (n.) + -osis.]
An abnormally high proportion of mononuclear leucocytes (monocytes or lymphocytes), or of monocytes alone, in the blood; esp. = infectious mononucleosis (see infectious a. 2 c).
| 1920, etc. [see infectious mononucleosis s.v. infectious a. 2 c]. 1928 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. LXXXV. 497 The spleen is an important factor in the production of an emotional relative mononucleosis. 1950 Biol. Abstr. XXIV. 1776/1 (heading) Exceptional hematological reactions in chronic benzene poisoning. Neutrophilic granulocytosis, lymphocytosis, and mononucleosis. 1968 New Scientist 25 Jan. 203/2 Suspecting that the presence of the EB virus and the girl's glandular fever were connected, the Henles..started testing blood samples from other patients who had contracted mononucleosis. 1972 T. P. McMahon Issue of Bishop's Blood (1973) vii. 88 I'm not too sure that mononucleosis isn't a modern-day version of the megrims of our Victorian ancestors. 1974 J. Heller Something Happened 333 Even people who've been out awhile with hepatitis or mononucleosis have a hard time making their way back. They lack pep. |