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- Japanese · derived from水俣病
- English todayMinamata disease
From Japanese 水俣病 (minamatabyō), literally “Minamata disease”, after Minamata, the Japanese city where the disease was first discovered.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Minamata disease
Today it means: A neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Full definition →
Japanese 水俣病