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Kimura disease

Kimura disease noun: a rare benign chronic inflammatory disorder whose primary symptoms are subdermal lesions in the head or neck or painless unilateral inflammation of cervical lymph nodes.

Noun

Kimura disease (uncountable)

  1. A rare benign chronic inflammatory disorder whose primary symptoms are subdermal lesions in the head or neck or painless unilateral inflammation of cervical lymph nodes.

Origin of Kimura disease

Named after T. Kimura, who wrote about it in 1948.

Questions about Kimura disease

What does Kimura disease mean?
Kimura disease means a rare benign chronic inflammatory disorder whose primary symptoms are subdermal lesions in the head or neck or painless unilateral inflammation of cervical lymph nodes.
What part of speech is Kimura disease?
Kimura disease is a noun.

Words near Kimura disease in the dictionary

  1. Kimseys
  2. kimslaw
  3. kimslaws
  4. kimuchi
  5. kimura
  6. Kimura disease
  7. kimuras
  8. Kimya
  9. Kimye
  10. Kimzey
  11. kimzeyite

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