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有機水銀中毒 (ゆうきすいぎんちゅうどく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

有ゆう機き水すい銀ぎん中ちゅう毒どく

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Meanings

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organic mercury poisoning

Medical and environmental term for poisoning caused by organic mercury compounds, such as methylmercury. Often associated with Minamata disease.

有ゆう機き水すい銀ぎん中ちゅう毒どくは水みな俣また病びょうの原げん因いんとして知

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Organic mercury poisoning is known as the cause of Minamata disease.

有ゆう機き水すい銀ぎん中ちゅう毒どくが深しん刻こくな健けん康こう被ひ害がいを引ひき起おこした。

Organic mercury poisoning caused serious health damage.

Kanji

有possess, have, exist
機loom, mechanism, machine
水water
銀silver
中in, inside, middle
毒poison, virus, venom

Related words

水みな俣また病びょう
Minamata disease is a specific neurological syndrome caused by severe methylmercury poisoning, historically linked to industrial pollution in Minamata, Japan. 有機水銀中毒 is the broader medical term for poisoning by organic mercury compounds.
水すい銀ぎん中ちゅう毒どく
General mercury poisoning, which includes both inorganic and organic mercury poisoning. 有機水銀中毒 specifically refers to poisoning from organic mercury compounds.

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Etymology

Compound of 有機 (organic), 水銀 (mercury), and 中毒 (poisoning). The term is a direct calque from English 'organic mercury poisoning'.

中ちゅう毒どく