Minamata disease
Meanings
noun
- A neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning.
Word forms
Etymology
From Japanese 水俣病 (minamatabyō), literally “Minamata disease”, after Minimata, the Japanese city where the disease was first discovered.
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