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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: brain disorder, encephalopathy, brain disease
History
Named after Carl Wernicke (1848–1905), German physician.
