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 psychosis, ↑Korsakoff's syndrome, ↑Korsakov's syndrome, ↑polyneuritic psychosis
• Hypernyms: ↑dementia, ↑dementedness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.