Medical Definition of Wernicke's syndrome

1. A condition frequently encountered in chronic alcoholics, largely due to thiamin deficiency and characterised by disturbances in ocular motility, pupillary alterations, nystagmus, and ataxia with tremors; an organic-toxic psychosis is often an associated finding, and Korsakoff's syndrome often coexists; characteristic cellular pathology found in several areas of the brain. Synonym: superior haemorrhagic polioencephalitis, Wernicke's disease, Wernicke's encephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wernicke's Syndrome

Wernicke
Wernicke's aphasia
Wernicke's aphasia
Wernicke's area
Wernicke's area
Wernicke's center
Wernicke's centre
Wernicke's disease
Wernicke's encephalopathy
Wernicke's encephalopathy
Wernicke's field
Wernicke's radiation
Wernicke's reaction
Wernicke's region
Wernicke's sign
Wernicke's syndrome
Wernicke's zone
Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
wero
weroole
weros
wersh
wersher
wershest
wert
Wertheim's operation
Werther's disease
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