"Keshan disease" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Named after Keshan (克山 (Kèshān)) County of Heilongjiang province, Northeast China, where symptoms were first noted. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Keshan disease (uncountable)
  1. A congestive cardiomyopathy caused by a combination of dietary deficiency of selenium and the presence of a mutated strain of Coxsackievirus. Wikipedia link: Keshan disease Tags: uncountable
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