English Explanatory Dictionary

itai-itai disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A disease caused by cadmium poisoning that occurred in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.

Word forms

itai-itai disease

Etymology

Partial calque of Japanese イタイイタイ病 (itai-itai byō, “"ouch ouch" disease”)

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