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Minamata disease definition

Mina·mata disease (min′ə mät′ə)

mercury poisoning from industrially contaminated water and fish, often resulting in severe neurological disorders or death

Etymology: after Minamata, Jpn fishing village where first diagnosed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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