Minamata Disease Definition

mĭnə-mätə
noun
Mercury poisoning from industrially contaminated water and fish, often resulting in severe neurological disorders or death.
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Origin of Minamata Disease

  • From Japanese 水俣病 (minamatabyō), literally “Minamata disease", after Minimata, the Japanese city where the disease was first discovered.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Minamata , a town of western Kyushu, Japan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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