Well attestedNamed from the place
Minamata disease
noun · first attested 20th century
An industrial disaster gave a Japanese city's name to a disease.
Mercury poisoning from contaminated seafood.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Minamata
- In English
Minamata disease
Methylmercury discharged into Minamata Bay from the 1930s poisoned people who ate the fish. The city's name now denotes the poisoning itself.
Japan
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