dialysis encephalopathy syndrome

n.

A degenerative brain disease that occurs in some individuals on chronic hemodialysis and is marked by the loss of intellectual abilities, involuntary muscular jerks, and personality changes.dialysis dementia

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Words nearby dialysis encephalopathy syndrome

dialysance, dialysate, dialyse, dialyser, dialysis, dialysis encephalopathy syndrome, dialytic, dialyzate, dialyze, dialyzer, diam.
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