Minamata disease

Meaning

Noun

A neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning.

Related

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Chisso-Minamata disease

Origin

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

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