Infectious disease and Kissing disease

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

Kissing disease and infectious disease are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Kissing disease" with "Infectious disease", this phrases are similar.

Kissing disease 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 kissing disease are semantically related. You can use "Infectious disease" instead a noun phrase "Kissing disease".