Where does “itai-itai disease” come from?

itai-itai disease (English) comes from Japanese イタイイタイ病, from Japanese 病, from Japanese 病む — to fall ill; to be diseased; to be sick; to...

itai-itai disease (English): A disease caused by cadmium poisoning that occurred in Toyama Prefecture, Japan

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “itai-itai disease”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseイタイイタイ病"ouch-ouch disease", caused by cadmium poisoning...
2Japanese病disease, illness; a bad habit
3Japanese病むto fall ill; to be diseased; to be sick; to...
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