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Yusho disease

Yusho disease noun: poisoning by polychlorinated biphenyls in contaminated rice bran oil.

Noun

Yusho disease (uncountable)

  1. poisoning by polychlorinated biphenyls in contaminated rice bran oil

Origin of Yusho disease

From Japanese 油 (“oil”) + 症 (“symptoms”).

Questions about Yusho disease

What does Yusho disease mean?
Yusho disease means poisoning by polychlorinated biphenyls in contaminated rice bran oil.
What part of speech is Yusho disease?
Yusho disease is a noun.

Words near Yusho disease in the dictionary

  1. Yushchenko
  2. Yushe
  3. yusheng
  4. yushkinite
  5. yusho
  6. Yusho disease
  7. Yushu
  8. Yushui
  9. Yusko
  10. Yuskos
  11. Yussuf

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