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

• alcohol amnestic disorder
• alcoholic dementia
• korsakoff's psychosis
• korsakoff's syndrome
• korsakov's syndrome
• polyneuritic psychosis

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

• dementedness
• dementia