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Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease noun: an illness of childhood that causes fever, lymphadenopathy, elevated platelet count, and a variety of other symptoms.

Noun

Kawasaki disease (uncountable)

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

Synonyms of Kawasaki disease

Forms of Kawasaki disease

alternative formKawasaki's disease
alternative formKawasaki's
alternative formKawasaki

Origin of Kawasaki disease

After Tomisaku Kawasaki, who first identified the disease.

Questions about Kawasaki disease

What does Kawasaki disease mean?
Kawasaki disease means an illness of childhood that causes fever, lymphadenopathy, elevated platelet count, and a variety of other symptoms.
What part of speech is Kawasaki disease?
Kawasaki disease is a noun.

Words near Kawasaki disease in the dictionary

  1. Kawarren
  2. Kawartha
  3. Kawartha Lakes
  4. Kawas
  5. Kawasaki
  6. Kawasaki disease
  7. Kawasaki syndrome
  8. Kawasaki's
  9. Kawasaki's disease
  10. Kawasaki's syndrome
  11. Kawasakis

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