Kawasaki disease

English

Alternative forms

Kawasaki's disease, Kawasaki's, Kawasaki

Etymology

After Tomisaku Kawasaki, who first identified the disease.

Noun

Kawasaki disease (uncountable)

(medicine) An illness of childhood that causes fever, lymphadenopathy, elevated platelet count, and a variety of other symptoms.

Synonyms

(medicine): Kawasaki syndrome, lymph node syndrome, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome

Translations

illness

Chinese:
Mandarin: 川崎病 (chuānqíbìng)
Dutch: ziekte van Kawasaki f
Finnish: Kawasakin tauti

See also

hCoV-NH (a virus thought associated with Kawasaki disease)
COVID toes (COVID-19 Kawasaki-like syndrome)

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