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English noun: Wernicke's encephalopathy

1. Wernicke's encephalopathy (state) inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism


Broader (hypernym)brain disease, brain disorder, encephalopathy









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