Glandular fever and Infectious disease

Glandular fever noun - 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.

Infectious disease and glandular fever are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Infectious disease" instead a noun phrase "Glandular fever".

Infectious disease noun - A disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact.

Glandular fever and infectious disease are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Glandular fever" with "Infectious disease", this phrases are similar.