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mononucleosis

/ˌmɑnoʊnukliˈoʊsɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
mononu-cle-o-sis
IPA
/ˌmɑnoʊnukliˈoʊsɪs/
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.

Uncountable

Etymology

From mono- + nucleus + -osis.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌmɑnoʊnukliˈoʊsɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

mononucleoses (plural)

Derived Forms

mononucleosislike

Synonyms

infectious mononucleosis glandular fever Pfeiffer's disease Pfeiffer's glandular fever kissing disease mono

Rhymes With

diagnosis tuberculosis prognosis sclerosis hypnosis psychosis apoptosis osteoporosis thrombosis stenosis osmosis symbiosis

Questions

How do you pronounce mononucleosis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɑnoʊnukliˈoʊsɪs/.
What does mononucleosis mean?
A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
Where does mononucleosis come from?
From mono- + nucleus + -osis.

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