HyperDic: minamata_disease

English > 1 sense of the expression Minamata disease:
NOUNstateMinamata diseasea form of mercury poisoning among people who ate fish from mercury-contaminated waters of Minamata Bay off Japan in the 1950s
English > Minamata disease: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA form of mercury poisoning among people who ate fish from mercury-contaminated waters of Minamata Bay off Japan in the 1950s; characterized by severe neurological degeneration.
Broadermercury poisoningA toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury

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