Minamata disease
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Minamata disease — Classification and external resources The crippled hand of a Minamata disease victim ICD 10 T56.1 … Wikipedia
Minamata disease — [min΄ə mät′ə] n. [after Minamata, Jpn fishing village where first diagnosed] mercury poisoning from industrially contaminated water and fish, often resulting in severe neurological disorders or death … English World dictionary
Minamata disease — A disorder caused by methyl mercury poisoning that was first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay, Japan and resulted from their eating fish contaminated with mercury industrial waste. The disease is characterized by peripheral sensory… … Medical dictionary
Minamata disease compensation agreements of 1959 — Main article: Minamata disease The Minamata disease compensation agreements of 1959 were agreed between the polluting Chisso company and representative groups of fishermen and Minamata disease patients who had been affected by mercury pollution.… … Wikipedia
Minamata disease — /min euh mah teuh/, Pathol. a severe form of mercury poisoning, characterized by neurological degeneration. [after Minamata Bay, Japan, where fish containing alkyl mercury compounds caused the disease in those who ate them during the period 1953… … Universalium
Minamata disease — Min•a•ma′ta disease [[t]ˌmɪn əˈmɑ tə[/t]] n. pat a severe form of mercury poisoning characterized by neurological degeneration • Etymology: after Minamata Bay, Japan, source of fish poisoning in 1953–58 … From formal English to slang
Minamata disease — a form of mercury poisoning (from ingesting methyl mercury in contaminated fish) that caused 43 deaths in the Japanese coastal town of Minamata during 1953–56. The source of mercury was traced to an effluent containing mercuric sulphate from a… … The new mediacal dictionary
Minamata disease — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑mercury poisoning … Useful english dictionary
Minamata disease — n. form of mercury poisoning causing degenerative neurological disorder, disease caused by mercury contamination (by eating mercury contaminated seafood) … English contemporary dictionary
Minamata disease — mercury poisoning of humans from eating contaminated seafood such as fish … Dictionary of ichthyology
