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Kawasaki's disease

British  
/ ˌkæwəˈsækɪ /

noun

  1. a disease of children that causes a rash, fever, and swelling of the lymph nodes and often damages the heart muscle

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Etymology

Origin of Kawasaki's disease

C20: named after T. Kawasaki, Japanese physician who first described it

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