| English Dictionary |
WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Wernicke's encephalopathy mean?
• WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY (noun)
The noun WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY has 1 sense:
1. inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism
Familiarity information: WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Wernicke's encephalopathy" is a kind of...):
brain disease; brain disorder; encephalopathy (any disorder or disease of the brain)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"You can't judge a book by its cover." (English proverb)
"A woman that does not want to cook, takes all day to prepare the ingredients." (Albanian proverb)
"Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble." (Arabic proverb)
"Even fleas want to cough." (Corsican proverb)
"A woman that does not want to cook, takes all day to prepare the ingredients." (Albanian proverb)
"Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble." (Arabic proverb)
"Even fleas want to cough." (Corsican proverb)