# Minamata disease

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning.

## Etymology
From Japanese 水俣病 (minamatabyō), literally “Minamata disease”, after Minimata, the Japanese city where the disease was first discovered.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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