Wernicke's encephalopathy
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Tweet n. An acute encephalopathy caused by a deficiency of thiamine usually associated with chronic alcoholism and marked by loss of muscular coordination, abnormal eye movements, and disorientation. [After Karl Wernicke (1848-1905), German neurologist.] |
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