1. (noun)
alcoholic dementia, alcohol amnestic disorder, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis
- dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact Synonyms: alcohol amnestic disorder, alcoholicdementia, polyneuritic psychosis