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noun
An illness of childhood that causes fever, lymphadenopathy, elevated platelet count, and a variety of other symptoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an acute disease of young children characterized by a rash and swollen lymph nodes and fever; of unknown cause
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disease
History
After Tomisaku Kawasaki, who first identified the disease.
Across languages
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