glandular fever

noun

1. infectious mononucleosis.

glandular fever

noun

1. another name for infectious mononucleosis

Word History and Origins

Origin of glandular fever¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

His absence from the music video was officially explained as glandular fever but, in reality, he had suffered a mental breakdown.

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Freya Anderson, a relay gold medallist from Tokyo, contracted glandular fever this year and missed automatic qualification but has been picked.

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Freya Anderson, on her return from glandular fever, was third and requires a coaches' pick to make the team.

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Post-mortem tests showed she had contracted the Epstein-Barr virus - which causes glandular fever - the coroner was told.

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At the start of 1988, while suffering with glandular fever, Whitbread was advised to write her first autobiography to tell her side of the tale.

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