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

saturnalian
saturnalianly
saturnalias
Saturnia
saturnian
Saturnia pavonia
saturnic
saturnicentric
saturniid
Saturniidae
saturniids
saturniid moth
saturnine
saturnine
saturnine colic
saturnine encephalopathy (current term)
saturnine tremor
saturnism
saturnism
saturnisms
Satyagraha
satyagrahas
Satyendra N. Bose
Satyendra Nath Bose
satyr
satyr
satyra
satyral
satyrals
satyras

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