moyamoya

M3O1Y4A1M3O1Y4A1

noun

A disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.

OriginJapanese もやもや →
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Meanings

nounmoyamoya (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.

    We previously reported that patients of moyamoya disease showed high CD34 + cell levels (2.28 ± 0.53 cells/μL) compared with control subjects (0.89 ± 0.07 cells/μL) 9 .

    2014 December 13, Hisashi Makino et al., “Decreased levels of circulating CD34+ cells are associated with coronary heart disease in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes”, in Journal of Diabetes Investigation, volume 6, →DOI

Origin

  1. Japaneseもやもや
  2. Englishmoyamoya

From Japanese もやもや (moyamoya).

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moyamoya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moyamoya

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“moyamoya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moyamoya. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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