korsakov's syndrome

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korsakov's syndrome - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Korsakov's syndrome
      n 1: 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 syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis,
           Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis]