Kawasaki disease
noun Pathology.
an acute illness of unknown cause, occurring primarily in children, characterized by high fever, swollen lymph glands, rash, redness in mouth and throat, and joint pain.
Origin of Kawasaki disease
1980–85; after Japanese pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki, who first described it
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Medicine definitions for kawasaki disease
Kawasaki disease
[ kä′wə-sä′kē ]
n.
mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
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