kawasaki disease

Ka·wa·sa·ki dis·ease

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noun kawasaki disease 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. 1
noun kawasaki disease (medicine) an illness of childhood that causes fever, lymphadenopathy, elevated platelet count, and a variety of other symptoms. 0

before 1980

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1980-85; after Japanese pediatrician Tomisaku Kawasaki, who first described it

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