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itai-itai disease definition

itai-itai disease (ē′tī′ē′tī′)

a painful, degenerative bone disease caused by industrial cadmium pollution of the food and water supply

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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