itai-itai disease

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Japanese イタイイタイ病 (itai-itai byō, “"ouch ouch" disease”)

Proper noun

itai-itai disease

  1. A disease caused by cadmium poisoning that occurred in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
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