| NOUN | state | mercury poisoning | a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury |
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| Meaning | A toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death. | |
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| Narrower | Minamata disease | A form of mercury poisoning among people who ate fish from mercury-contaminated waters of Minamata Bay off Japan in the 1950s |
| Broader | poisoning, toxic condition, intoxication | The physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance |
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