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 Definitions of minamata disease  [ˌmɪn əˈmɑ tə]  

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Definition of 'minamata disease' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Minamata disease
a severe form of mercury poisoning characterized by neurological degeneration.

Etymology:  (after Minamata Bay, Japan, source of fish poisoning in 1953–58)

Definition of 'minamata disease' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Minamata disease
a 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

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