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Pfeiffer's glandular fever

Pfeiffer's glandular fever noun: mononucleosis.

Noun

Pfeiffer's glandular fever (uncountable)

  1. Mononucleosis.

Origin of Pfeiffer's glandular fever

Named after the German balneologist and pediatrician Emil Pfeiffer, who described the disease.

Questions about Pfeiffer's glandular fever

What does Pfeiffer's glandular fever mean?
Pfeiffer's glandular fever means mononucleosis.
What part of speech is Pfeiffer's glandular fever?
Pfeiffer's glandular fever is a noun.

Words near Pfeiffer's glandular fever in the dictionary

  1. Pfeifer
  2. Pfeifers
  3. Pfeiffer
  4. Pfeiffer syndrome
  5. Pfeiffer's disease
  6. Pfeiffer's glandular fever
  7. Pfeiffer's glandular fevers
  8. Pfeifle
  9. Pfeifles
  10. Pfeil
  11. Pfeils

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