Korsakoff's syndrome
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Korsakoff's syndrome — or Korsakoff syndrome n KORSAKOFF S PSYCHOSIS * * * (Korsakoff s psychosis) an organic disorder affecting the brain that results in a memory defect in which new information fails to be learnt although events from the past are still recalled;… … Medical dictionary
Korsakoff's syndrome — ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 2405 MeshID = D020915 Korsakoff s syndrome or Korsakov s syndrome (Korsakoff s psychosis, amnesic confabulatory syndrome), is a brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine… … Wikipedia
Korsakoff's syndrome — noun dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact • Syn: ↑alcoholic dementia, ↑alcohol amnestic disorder, ↑Korsakoff s psychosis, ↑Korsakov s… … Useful english dictionary
Korsakoff's syndrome — [ kɔ:səkɒfs] noun Psychiatry a serious mental illness with loss of recent memory, typically the result of chronic alcoholism. Origin early 20th cent.: named after the Russian psychiatrist Sergei S. Korsakoff … English new terms dictionary
Korsakoff's syndrome — an organic disorder affecting the brain that results in a memory defect in which new information fails to be learnt although events from the past are still recalled; disorientation for time and place; and a tendency to unintentionally invent… … The new mediacal dictionary
Korsakoff (Korsakov) syndrome (psychosis) — Kor·sa·koff (Kor·sa·kov) syndrome (psychosis) (korґsə kof) [Sergei Sergeevich Korsakoff (or Korsakov), Russian neurologist, 1854–1900] see under syndrome … Medical dictionary
Korsakoff ’s syndrome — Dementia associated with chronic alcoholism or vitamin deficiency … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
Syndrome de wernicke-korsakoff — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Korsakoff. Le Syndrome de Wernicke Korsakoff est une combinaison du Syndrome de Korsakoff, qui provoque la confusion, l aphonie (mutisme) et l affabulation, et l encéphalopathie de Wernicke (perte de la mémoire à … Wikipédia en Français
Korsakoff — may refer to:* Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov (1844 1908), a Russian composer * Sergei Korsakoff (also Korsakov or Korsakow) (1854 1900), a Russian psychiatrist * Korsakoff s syndrome, a continuum of Wernicke s encephalopathy ** Wernicke Korsakoff… … Wikipedia
Korsakoff — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Korsakoff est un nom russe, parfois transcrit par Korsakov ou Korsakow. Il peut désigner : Alexandre Korsakov, général russe qui commandait les… … Wikipédia en Français
