| 单词 | Wernicke's encephalopathy |
| 释义 | Wernicke's encephalopathy /vûrˈni-kəz (or wûrˈni-kəz) en-sef-ə-lopˈə-thi/nounA degenerative brain disease of haemorrhagic type caused by a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), in many cases the result of chronic alcoholism, characterized by paralysis of the eye muscles, double vision, nystagmus and impaired muscular control, frequently in association with Korsakoff's psychosis (qv) ORIGIN: Karl Wernicke (1848–1905), German neuropsychiatrist |
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