Korsakoff's syndrome

Kor·sa·koff's syndrome  (kôrs-kôfs, -kfs)

n.

A syndrome of severe mental impairment characterized by multiple neuritis, confusion, disorientation, and amnesia in which memory of recent events is especially impaired, often causing the patient to attempt to compensate through confabulation. Also called Korsakoff's psychosis.

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[After Sergei Sergeevich Korsakoff (1854-1900), Russian neurologist.]

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Korsakoff's syndrome - 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 psychosis, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis dementedness, dementia - mental deterioration of organic or functional origin