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itai-itai disease

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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itai-itai disease

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