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Minamata disease en · NOUN

Etymology

From Japanese 水俣病 (minamatabyō), literally “Minamata disease”, after Minamata, the Japanese city where the disease was first discovered.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning.

Synonyms

Chisso-Minamata disease