Pronunciation: ˌ kä-w ə - ' sä-k ē -
Function: noun
Etymology: Tomisaku Kawasaki b 1925 Japanese pediatrician
Date: 1977
: an acute illness of unknown cause that chiefly affects infants and children and is characterized especially by fever, rash, conjunctivitis, inflammation of lips and tongue, and swollen lymph nodes of the neck ― called also Kawasaki syndrome