minamata disease
NOUN
16 LETTERS · STARTS WITH M
minamata disease is a valid 16-letter word worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3I1N1A1M3A1T1A1D2I1S1E1A1S1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =20 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 40TRIPLE WORD → 60
MEANING
What does minamata disease mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
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.
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