■ 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 the Japanese physician Tomisaku Kawasaki .
■ 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 the Japanese physician Tomisaku Kawasaki .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004