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Kawasaki syndrome definition

Kawasaki syndrome

a syndrome, usually afflicting children, characterized by high fever, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, rashes, irritated eyes and mucous membranes, etc. with possible damage to the cardiovascular system
also called Kawasaki disease

Etymology: after T. Kawasaki, 20th-cent. Jpn pediatrician

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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