Korsakoff's psychosis: Brain condition with progressive memory loss. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Korsakoff's psychosis is available below.
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Dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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