Korsakoff's psychosis

/ ˈkɔːsəkɒfs /

noun

1. a mental illness involving severe confusion and inability to retain recent memories, usually caused by alcoholism

Word History and Origins

Origin of Korsakoff's psychosis¹

C19: named after Sergei Korsakoff (1854–1900), Russian neuropsychiatrist, who described it

Example Sentences

Gregor in the Monattschrift f�r Psychiatrie und Neurologie, Band XXI, has detailed some of his experiences with the retraining of the memory of patients suffering from Korsakoff's Psychosis—alcoholic neuritis with psychic disturbances, especially of memory.

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