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encephalopathy vs Wernicke's encephalopathy

Wernicke's encephalopathy vs encephalopathy

encephalopathy and Wernicke's encephalopathy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
encephalopathy Yes No No No
Wernicke's encephalopathy Yes No No No
As nouns, Wernicke's encephalopathy is a hyponym of encephalopathy; that is, Wernicke's encephalopathy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than encephalopathy:
  • encephalopathy: any disorder or disease of the brain
  • Wernicke's encephalopathy: inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism
encephalopathy (noun) Wernicke's encephalopathy (noun)
any disorder or disease of the brain inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency that is usually associated with alcoholism
Difference between encephalopathy and Wernicke's encephalopathy

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