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Minamata disease
Min·a·ma·ta disease M0307950 (mĭn′ə-mä′tə)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.]Min•a•ma′ta disease` (ˌmɪn əˈmɑ tə)
n. a severe form of mercury poisoning characterized by neurological degeneration. [after Minamata Bay, Japan, source of fish poisoning in 1953–58] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | 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 degenerationmercury 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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Minamata disease [min″ah-mah´tah] a severe neurologic disorder due to alkyl mercury poisoning, leading to severe permanent neurologic and mental disabilities or death; once common among those who ate contaminated seafood from Minamata Bay, Japan.Mi·na·ma·ta dis·easea neurologic disorder caused by methyl mercury intoxication; first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay, Japan, resulting from their eating fish contaminated with mercury industrial waste. Characterized by peripheral sensory loss, tremors, dysarthria, ataxia, and both hearing and visual loss.Minamata disease (mĭn′ə-mä′tə)n. A degenerative neurological disorder caused by poisoning with a mercury compound found in seafood obtained from waters contaminated with mercury-containing industrial waste.A disease caused by consumption of fish and shellfish contaminated with organic methylmercury—inorganic mercury, a major teratogen discharged into nearby rivers by industrial plants that produce acetaldehyde, using mercury as a catalystMi·na·ma·ta dis·ease (min-ă-mah'tă di-zēz') A neurologic disorder caused by methyl mercury intoxication; first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay, Japan, resulting from eating fish contaminated with mercury-tainted industrial waste. Characterized by peripheral sensory loss, tremors, dysarthria, ataxia, and both hearing and visual loss. Minamata disease
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