Noun: 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
"The patient's Korsakoff's syndrome made it impossible for him to remember what he had for breakfast";
- alcoholic dementia, alcohol amnestic disorder, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis
Type of: dementedness, dementia
Encyclopedia: Korsakoff's syndrome