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