Medical Definition of Saturnine encephalopathy

1. A metabolic encephalopathy, caused by the ingestion of lead compounds and seen particularly in early childhood; it is characterised pathologically by extensive cerebral oedema, status spongiosus, neurocytolysis, and some reactive inflammation; clinical manifestations include convulsions, delirium, and hallucinations. See: lead poisoning. Synonym: lead encephalitis, saturnine encephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saturnine Encephalopathy

saturn
saturnalia
saturnalian
saturnalianly
saturnalias
saturnally
saturnia
saturnian
saturnic
saturnicentric
saturniid
saturniid moth
saturniids
saturnine
saturnine colic
saturnine encephalopathy (current term)
saturnine tremor
saturninely
saturnineness
saturninity
saturnism
saturnisms
satyagraha
satyagrahas
satyr
satyr orchid
satyr play
satyra
satyral
satyrals

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