Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun wernicke's_encephalopathy

1 sense of wernicke's encephalopathy

Sense 1
Wernicke's encephalopathy -- (inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism)
       => brain disorder, encephalopathy, brain disease -- (any disorder or disease of the brain)