Wernicke's encephalopathy (redirected from Wernicke's syndrome)

Wernicke's encephalopathy

n.

An acute disease of the brain caused by a deficiency of thiamine, usually associated with chronic alcoholism and characterized by loss of muscular coordination, abnormal eye movements, and confusion.

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[After Karl Wernicke (1848-1905), German neurologist.]

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Wernicke's encephalopathy - inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism brain disease, brain disorder, encephalopathy - any disorder or disease of the brain