i|tai-i|tai

i|tai-i|tai «EE ty EE ty», noun.

a bone and kidney disease caused by the ingestion of cadmium from contaminated fish and shellfish: »

Another painful new disease called itai-itai (literally, ouch-ouch) derived from cadmium flowing…from a mining and smelting factory (Time).

╂[< Japanese itai-itai, reduplication of itai, a cry of pain]