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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wernicke's encephalopathy
[After Karl Wernicke (1848-1905), German neurologist.]

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