Korsakov's psychosis

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Korsakov's psychosis Definition

• (n) dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact

Korsakov's psychosis Synonyms

• alcohol amnestic disorder
• alcoholic dementia
• Korsakoff's psychosis
• Korsakoff's syndrome
• Korsakov's psychosis
• Korsakov's syndrome
• polyneuritic psychosis