minamata disease minamata bay • minar · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · minamata disease · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 16 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a form of mercury poisoning among people who ate fish from mercury-contaminated waters of Minamata Bay off Japan in the 1950s; characterized by severe neurological degeneration. Synonyms: Minamata disease. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074