MINAMATA DISEASE


Meaning of MINAMATA DISEASE in English

/min'euh mah"teuh/ , Pathol.

a severe form of mercury poisoning, characterized by neurological degeneration.

[ after Minamata Bay, Japan, where fish containing alkyl mercury compounds caused the disease in those who ate them during the period 1953-58 ]

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