KAWASAKI DISEASE


Meaning of KAWASAKI DISEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌkä-wə-ˈsä-kē- ]

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

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