Korsakov's psychosis
- noun
- /ˈkɔrsəˌkɔvz saɪˈkoʊsɪs/
- Specialized
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psicosis de Korsakov
- Despite his ability to recall childhood memories, his Korsakov's psychosis prevented him from remembering events just hours ago.
Examples
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The patient was diagnosed with Korsakov's psychosis after years of heavy drinking had impaired his memory.
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Medical staff monitor patients with Korsakov's psychosis for other symptoms associated with chronic alcoholism.
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He was diagnosed with Korsakov's psychosis after years of alcohol abuse.
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Many patients suffering from Korsakov's psychosis struggle with memory retention.
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Despite his ability to recall childhood memories, his Korsakov's psychosis prevented him from remembering events just hours ago.
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Medical staff monitor patients with Korsakov's psychosis for other symptoms associated with chronic alcoholism.
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The patient was diagnosed with Korsakov's psychosis after years of heavy drinking had impaired his memory.
Synonyms
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8.6
A long-lasting memory disorder that prevents making new memories but keeps older memories, often after heavy drinking
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7.9
A brain disorder from long heavy drinking and lack of vitamin B1 that causes severe memory loss
Long-lasting memory problem with severe short-term memory loss caused by long-term heavy drinking
A long-lasting memory problem often after heavy drinking that makes a person lose recent memories but keep older ones
A kind of memory loss caused by many years of heavy drinking that affects recent memories but not old ones
A serious loss of recent memory after long term heavy drinking while older memories stay
A serious memory problem where heavy long-term drinkers lose recent memories but keep old ones
Surface Forms
Morphology
Korsakov's + psychosis
The element 'psychosis' signals a mental-disorder category, so a learner who knows that word can infer this is a specific type of mental illness. However, 'Korsakov's' is an eponym/proper name that gives no semantic clue about the defining features (recent memory loss, alcohol link), so the precise meaning is not derivable from the constituents.
Etymology
Korsakov's psychosis is named after the Russian doctor Sergei Korsakov, who studied people with severe alcohol problems. He saw they could remember old events but would 'forget' things from just hours before—like a book with missing pages—so the term now means this pattern of memory loss.