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Minamata disease
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Min·a·ma·ta disease  (mn-mät)
n.
A degenerative neurological disorder caused by poisoning with a mercury compound found in seafood obtained from waters contaminated with mercury-containing industrial waste.
[After Minamata, a town of western Kyushu, Japan.]
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Noun1.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
mercury poisoning - a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death
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Harada diagnosed 45 cases of Minimata disease (mercury poisoning), using standard criteria that require, at minimum, sensory impairment of the extremities or around the mouth, plus one or more symptoms such as disturbed gait, tremors and impaired hearing or speech.
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