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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome noun: the combined presence of Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's syndrome.

Noun

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (uncountable)

  1. The combined presence of Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's syndrome.

Synonyms of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

Questions about Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

What does Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome mean?
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome means the combined presence of Wernicke's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's syndrome.
What part of speech is Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a noun.

Words near Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in the dictionary

  1. Wernicke's areas
  2. Wernicke's command
  3. Wernicke's commands
  4. Wernicke's disease
  5. Wernicke's encephalopathy
  6. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
  7. Wernicks
  8. werning
  9. werns
  10. wero
  11. weroance

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