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メチル水銀 (メチルすいぎん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

メチル水すい銀ぎん

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Meanings

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methylmercury

A highly toxic organic mercury compound; used in scientific, environmental, and medical contexts.

メチル水すい銀ぎんは水みな俣また病びょうの原げん因いん物ぶっ質しつとして知しられて

いる

。

Methylmercury is known as the causative agent of Minamata disease.

魚さかなに含ふくまれるメチル水すい銀ぎんの濃のう度どが問もん題だいになっている。

The concentration of methylmercury in fish has become an issue.

Kanji

水water
銀silver

Related words

水すい銀ぎん
水銀 is elemental mercury, while メチル水銀 is an organic compound containing mercury.
有ゆう機き水すい銀ぎん
有機水銀 is a broader term for organic mercury compounds; メチル水銀 is a specific type.

Built from

メチル+水すい銀ぎん

Etymology

Compound of メチル (methyl, from German Methyl) and 水銀 (mercury).