Kawasaki disease
- noun
- /kɑːwɑːˈsɑːki dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
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enfermedad de Kawasaki
- Parents should be aware of the symptoms of Kawasaki disease, which include swollen lymph nodes and a high fever.
Examples
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Kawasaki disease (KD) has become the leading acquired cardiac disorder in the pediatric population in the developed world.
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Persistence of fever even after 48 hours of antibiotics and erythema of the BCG scar in an extremely irritable infant led us to suspect incomplete Kawasaki disease.
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Incomplete Kawasaki disease continues to be a major dilemma.
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The etiology of Kawasaki disease remains unknown, although clinical and epidemiological features strongly suggest an infectious cause, though efforts to identify an infectious agent have not been productive.
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The doctor diagnosed the young boy with Kawasaki disease after observing a persistent fever and rash.
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Following his treatment for Kawasaki disease, the child showed significant improvement and was able to return to normal activities.
Synonyms
An illness in young children that causes fever, skin rash, and swollen glands
Surface Forms
Morphology
Kawasaki + disease
This is an eponymic construction (proper name + disease), so a learner who knows 'disease' and recognizes 'Kawasaki' as a name will grasp that it refers to a particular medical illness named after Kawasaki. However, the specific clinical meaning (an acute childhood illness with fever, rash and potential heart complications) cannot be derived from the constituents alone, so understanding is only partial.
Etymology
Kawasaki disease gets its name from Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki, a Japanese doctor who first described children with long fever, a red rash and swollen glands. That's why the name now means 'an illness in young children that can cause fever, rash and sometimes heart problems'.
