Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kissing disease

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
kiss-ing dis-ease
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Mononucleosis.

Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

So called because it may be transmitted through kissing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the kissing disease (canonical)

Synonyms

infectious mononucleosis mononucleosis mono glandular fever

Questions

What does kissing disease mean?
Mononucleosis.
Where does kissing disease come from?
So called because it may be transmitted through kissing.

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