| 释义 |
‖ itai-itai|ˈɪtaɪˈɪtaɪ|
[Jap., lit. ‘ouch-ouch’.]
A disease, first reported in Japan in 1955, caused by the ingestion of cadmium and characterized by severe pain particularly in the back.
1969Keio Jrnl. Med. (Tokyo) XVIII. 181 (title) Causation of ouch-ouch disease (Itai-Itai byō). 1970Biol. Abstr. LI. 4256/1 Rice straw samples used were 2 kinds of stubble grown in the ‘Itai-itai’ disease epidemic district. 1973Biol. Conservation V. 143 Itai-itai originated in the prefectures of Toyama and Gumma, in north-western Japan. The cause of the affliction, however, is world-wide: rivers poisoned by effluence from smelters. |