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Kawasaki disease

Definition of Kawasaki disease

noun

[mass noun]
  • a disease in young children with an unknown cause, giving rise to a rash, glandular swelling, and sometimes damage to the heart.

Origin:

1960s: named after Tomisaku Kawasaki, Japanese physician

Kawasaki disease in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Kawasaki disease in the US English dictionary