noun
dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
• Syn: ↑alcoholic dementia, ↑alcohol amnestic disorder, ↑Korsakoff's syndrome, ↑Korsakov's psychosis, ↑Korsakov's syndrome, ↑polyneuritic psychosis
• Hypernyms: ↑dementia, ↑dementedness
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Korsakoff's psychosis or syndrome /körˈsə-kofs sī-kōˈsis or sinˈdrōm/ (medicine)
noun
An illness in which damage to a small area of the brain results in disorientation and absolute loss of recent memory, often caused by alcoholism
ORIGIN: S Korsakoff (1854–1900), Russian physician
Useful english dictionary. 2012.