MIS-C

See also: misc, mișc, and misc.

English

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: M‧I‧S‧C

Noun

MIS-C (uncountable)

1. (pathology, Canada, US) Initialism of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

Usage notes

Though multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children uses the term "children", there have been cases found in young adults in their early 20's

Synonyms

• COVID toes (informal)
• PIMS-TS (Europe)
• PMIS (“pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome”)
• COVID-19 Kawasaki-like syndrome
• COVID-19 Kawasaki-like disease

Hypernyms

• post-infectious inflammatory response syndrome / PIIRS
• post-infectious inflammatory syndrome

Coordinate terms

• Kawasaki's disease

Anagrams

• CISM, CMIS, CMIs, ICMs, MICS, MICs, MSIC, mics