KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Korsakoff's syndrome mean? 

• KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME (noun)
  The noun KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME has 1 sense:

1. dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact

  Familiarity information: KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

alcohol amnestic disorder; alcoholic dementia; Korsakoff's psychosis; Korsakoff's syndrome; Korsakov's psychosis; Korsakov's syndrome; polyneuritic psychosis

Hypernyms ("Korsakoff's syndrome" is a kind of...):

dementedness; dementia (mental deterioration of organic or functional origin)