Minamata diseasen.

Brit.

/ˌmiːnəˈmɑːtə dᵻˌziːz/, U.S.

/ˌminəˈmɑdə dəˌziz/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a Japanese lexical item. Etymons: proper name Minamata , disease n.

Etymology: < Minamata, the name of the town in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, where the disease was first caused by emissions from the Chisso acetaldehyde-synthesizing plant in 1953 + disease n., after Japanese Minamata-byō.

Medicine.

A form of encephalopathy producing sensory loss in the extremities, ataxia, loss of sight and hearing, dysarthria, and other symptoms (and in the most severe cases dementia and death), caused by organic mercury compounds ingested in contaminated food or water or in breast milk from affected mothers.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > other brain disorders

brain damage1864

mind-blindness1888

satellitosis1906

syringobulbia1908

Alzheimer's disease1911

kernicterus1912

pseudotumour1914

brain death1928

punch-drunk1928

Sturge–Weber syndrome1935

Alzheimer1938

Creutzfeldt–Jakob1939

Alzheimer1940

Schilder's disease1940

hypsarrhythmia1952

kuru1957

laughing death1957

Minamata disease1957

myelinolysis1959

spongiform encephalopathy1960

CJD1975

old-timer's disease1983

mad —— disease1990

1957 Acta Pathologica Japonica 7 605 The so-called Minamata-disease may be recognized as a toxic encephalopathia. The toxic substances contained in fish and shell-fish have not been yet found.

1973 Biol. Conservation 5 143/2 Minamata disease first appeared in cats, which died from eating fish scraps from the village kitchens.

1984 P. Matthiessen Indian Country v. 132 Massive mercury pollution of their water..had led to a kind of ‘Minamata disease’ among the inhabitants.

1992 Economist 15 Feb. 77/2 Outrage followed a Tokyo court's decision to clear the Japanese government of responsibility for Minamata disease after an outbreak of mercury poisoning in the 1950s.

1993 Japan: Illustr. Encycl. 1217/3 Niigata mercury poisoning incident... The symptoms and pathology are the same as in Minamata disease, causing the illness to be called the second Minamata disease.

2005 Daily Yomiuri 1 Aug. 1/2 The ministry judged that a new system of public care for such Minamata disease patients is necessary in addition to current financial aid from Chisso Corp., the company responsible for polluting Minamata Bay..with methylmercury.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	minamata disease
释义	Minamata diseasen. Brit. /ˌmiːnəˈmɑːtə dᵻˌziːz/, U.S. /ˌminəˈmɑdə dəˌziz/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a Japanese lexical item. Etymons: proper name Minamata , disease n. Etymology: < Minamata, the name of the town in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, where the disease was first caused by emissions from the Chisso acetaldehyde-synthesizing plant in 1953 + disease n., after Japanese Minamata-byō. Medicine. A form of encephalopathy producing sensory loss in the extremities, ataxia, loss of sight and hearing, dysarthria, and other symptoms (and in the most severe cases dementia and death), caused by organic mercury compounds ingested in contaminated food or water or in breast milk from affected mothers. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > other brain disorders brain damage1864 mind-blindness1888 satellitosis1906 syringobulbia1908 Alzheimer's disease1911 kernicterus1912 pseudotumour1914 brain death1928 punch-drunk1928 Sturge–Weber syndrome1935 Alzheimer1938 Creutzfeldt–Jakob1939 Alzheimer1940 Schilder's disease1940 hypsarrhythmia1952 kuru1957 laughing death1957 Minamata disease1957 myelinolysis1959 spongiform encephalopathy1960 CJD1975 old-timer's disease1983 mad —— disease1990 1957 Acta Pathologica Japonica 7 605 The so-called Minamata-disease may be recognized as a toxic encephalopathia. The toxic substances contained in fish and shell-fish have not been yet found. 1973 Biol. Conservation 5 143/2 Minamata disease first appeared in cats, which died from eating fish scraps from the village kitchens. 1984 P. Matthiessen Indian Country v. 132 Massive mercury pollution of their water..had led to a kind of ‘Minamata disease’ among the inhabitants. 1992 Economist 15 Feb. 77/2 Outrage followed a Tokyo court's decision to clear the Japanese government of responsibility for Minamata disease after an outbreak of mercury poisoning in the 1950s. 1993 Japan: Illustr. Encycl. 1217/3 Niigata mercury poisoning incident... The symptoms and pathology are the same as in Minamata disease, causing the illness to be called the second Minamata disease. 2005 Daily Yomiuri 1 Aug. 1/2 The ministry judged that a new system of public care for such Minamata disease patients is necessary in addition to current financial aid from Chisso Corp., the company responsible for polluting Minamata Bay..with methylmercury. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1957
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