MINAMATA DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Minamata disease mean? 

• MINAMATA DISEASE (noun)
  The noun MINAMATA DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: MINAMATA DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINAMATA DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Minamata disease" is a kind of...):

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)