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水俁病

简水俣病 · 繁水俁病

Mandarin · pinyin shuǐ yǔ bìng

Minamata disease (neurological disease caused by mercury poisoning due to industrial pollution in Japan, first identified in 1956)

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水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
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病: bìng · illness, sickness, disease
俣: yǔ · big

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3–3–4 · shui3 yu3 bing4

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seoi2 jyu5 beng6

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noun

(pathology) Minamata disease

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