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