alcoholic dementia
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alcoholic dementia — noun dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact • Syn: ↑alcohol amnestic disorder, ↑Korsakoff s psychosis, ↑Korsakoff s syndrome, ↑Korsakov… … Useful english dictionary
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