Wernicke's encephalopathy (English, noun)
expansion: Wernicke's encephalopathy (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of neurological symptoms — classically, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and confusion — caused by biochemical lesions of the central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves, in particular thiamine.
tags: uncountable
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