Etymology

moyamoya

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Today it means: A disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted. Full definition →

Japanese もやもや
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromもやもや
  2. English todaymoyamoya

From Japanese もやもや (moyamoya).

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