Korsakoff's psychosis

Korsakoff's psychosis
Kor·sa·koff's psychosis -.kȯfs- n an abnormal mental condition that is usu. a sequel of chronic alcoholism, is often associated with polyneuritis, and is characterized by an impaired ability to acquire new information and by an irregular memory loss for which the patient often attempts to compensate through confabulation

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  • Korsakoff's psychosissyndrome — Korsakoff s psychosis or syndrome /körˈsə kofs sī kōˈsis or sinˈdrōm/ (medicine) noun An illness in which damage to a small area of the brain results in disorientation and absolute loss of recent memory, often caused by alcoholism ORIGIN: 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

  • Korsakoff's syndrome — ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2405 MeshID = D020915 Korsakoff s syndrome or Korsakov s syndrome (Korsakoff s psychosis, amnesic confabulatory syndrome), is a brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine… …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • Korsakoff'ssyndrome — Kor·sa·koff s syndrome (kôrʹsə kôfs , kŏfs ) n. A syndrome of severe mental impairment characterized by multiple neuritis, confusion, disorientation, and amnesia in which memory of recent events is especially impaired, often causing the patient… …   Universalium

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