Kawasaki disease
noun
Ka·wa·sa·ki disease
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Definition of Kawasaki disease
: an acute illness of unknown cause that chiefly affects infants and children and is characterized especially by fever, rash, conjunctivitis, inflammation of lips and tongue, and swollen lymph nodes of the neck
— called also Kawasaki syndrome
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Kawasaki disease
noun
Ka·wa·sa·ki disease
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variants:
or Kawasaki syndrome
also Kawasaki's disease \ -kēz-
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or Kawasaki's syndrome
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or Kawasaki's syndrome
Medical Definition of Kawasaki disease
: an acute febrile disease of unknown cause affecting especially infants and children that is characterized by a reddish macular rash especially on the trunk, conjunctivitis, inflammation of mucous membranes (as of the tongue), erythema of the palms and soles followed by desquamation, edema of the hands and feet, and swollen lymph nodes in the neck
Kawasaki disease affects children of all ethnic backgrounds throughout the world, although susceptibility is shaped by genetic influences. Japanese children have the highest incidence of the disease, with an attack rate that has reached 175 per 100,000 children younger than 5 years … — Jane C. Burns, The New England Journal of Medicine,, 15 Feb. 2007
— called also mucocutaneous lymph node disease, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome