Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome

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Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome (ver´nikē-kôr´s

kôf),

n.pr a disorder caused by a lack of thiamine due to long-term alcohol abuse in which the patient has difficulty in walking, seeing, or thinking clearly.

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