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Meaning of MINAMATA DISEASE

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 Definition: [n]  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
 
 See Also: mercury poisoning

 

 

 

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