kissing disease

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Etymology

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So called because it may be transmitted through kissing.

Noun

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the kissing disease (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Mononucleosis.
    • 1961 February, “What in the world is Mononucleosis?”, in Kiplinger Magazine, retrieved 19 October 2010, page 30:
      It was in a college, West Point, that infectious mononucleosis won a romantic reputation. . . . Investigators at a girls' school also found post-vacation peaks, and mono became known as the "kissing disease".

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