Korsakoff's psychosis

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Korsakoff's psychosis, syndrome [ˈkɔːsəkɒfs]

(Psychology) a mental illness involving severe confusion and inability to retain recent memories, usually caused by alcoholism

[named after Sergei Korsakoff (1854-1900), Russian neuropsychiatrist, who described it]

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Korsakoff's psychosis - dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact

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

dementedness, dementia - mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

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