an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing पर्याय: infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis, glandular fever, kissing disease,
designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel पर्याय: monophonic, single-channel,