Korsakov's psychosis

Definitions of Korsakov's psychosis
  1. noun
    dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
    synonyms: Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's syndrome, alcohol amnestic disorder, alcoholic dementia, polyneuritic psychosis
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    type of:
    dementedness, dementia
    mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
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