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Kawasaki (iou)



Kawasaki noun. L20.
[Tomasaku Kawasaki, Japanese paediatrician, who first described the condition in 1967.]
Used attrib. in Kawasaki disease, Kawasaki syndrome, to designate a disease in young children, of unknown cause, which is characterized by a rash, fever, conjunctival infection, dryness and redness of the lips, and glandular swelling, and which can give rise to heart damage.