- Korsakoff (Korsakov) syndrome (psychosis)
- Kor·sa·koff (Kor·sa·kov) syndrome (psychosis) (korґsə-kof) [Sergei Sergeevich Korsakoff (or Korsakov), Russian neurologist, 1854–1900] see under syndrome.
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Korsakoff (Korsakov) syndrome (psychosis)
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Korsakoff's syndrome — 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: ↑alcoholic dementia, ↑alcohol amnestic disorder, ↑Korsakoff s psychosis, ↑Korsakov s… … Useful english dictionary
Korsakov's psychosis — 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: ↑alcoholic dementia, ↑alcohol amnestic disorder, ↑Korsakoff s psychosis, ↑Korsakoff s … Useful english dictionary
Korsakoff's psychosis — 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: ↑alcoholic dementia, ↑alcohol amnestic disorder, ↑Korsakoff s syndrome, ↑Korsakov s… … Useful english dictionary
Korsakoff — Sergei S., Russian neurologist, 1853–1900. See K. psychosis, K. syndrome, Wernicke K. encephalopathy, Wernicke K. syndrome. * * * Kor·sa·koff kȯr sə .kȯf adj relating to or affected with Korsakoff s psychosis <studies of Korsakoff… … Medical dictionary
Korsakov's syndrome — 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: ↑alcoholic dementia, ↑alcohol amnestic disorder, ↑Korsakoff s psychosis, ↑Korsakoff s … Useful english dictionary
Korsakoff syndrome — a syndrome of anterograde and retrograde amnesia with confabulation associated with alcoholic or nonalcoholic polyneuritis described as “cerebropathia psychica toxemica†by Korsakoff; currently used synonymously with the term amnestic… … Medical dictionary
polyneuritic psychosis — 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: ↑alcoholic dementia, ↑alcohol amnestic disorder, ↑Korsakoff s psychosis, ↑Korsakoff s … Useful english dictionary
Sergei Korsakoff — Sergei Sergeievich Korsakoff ( ru. Сергей Сергеевич Корсаков; January 22 1854, Vladimir May 1 1900, Moscow) was a Russian neuropsychiatrist.Sergei Korsakoff was the first of great Russian neuropsychiatrists. He studied medicine at the University… … Wikipedia
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