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mononucleosis

noun as in Epstein-Barr virus

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He made one start for New York when Sam Darnold was sidelined with mononucleosis, but suffered a season-ending ankle injury early in the “Monday Night Football” game against Cleveland on Sept. 12.

He was aware that he had risk factors for lymphoma, including an autoimmune disease and having had mono, or infectious mononucleosis, as a child.

He was horribly sick for the first two years, including hepatitis, herpes and mononucleosis, and was eventually diagnosed with stage-four lymphoma and Kaposi’s sarcoma.

A test for mononucleosis was negative, so they sent him home after arranging for him to follow up with an ear, nose and throat doctor.

The virus can cause mononucleosis or symptoms that may be dismissed as a cold.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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