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noun
A form of amnesia that is seen in chronic alcoholics coupled with nutritional deficits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: alcoholic dementia, alcohol amnestic disorder, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dementia, dementedness
History
Named after Russian neuropsychiatrist Sergei Korsakoff (1854–1900) who discovered the syndrome during the late 19th century.
Across languages
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