| Definition of 'alcohol amnestic disorder' |
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1. (noun) alcoholic dementia, alcohol amnestic disorder, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis
dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
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| Definition of 'alcohol amnestic disorder' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. alcohol amnestic disorder
A mental disorder associated with chronic ethanol abuse (ALCOHOLISM) and nutritional deficiencies characterized by short term memory loss, confabulations, and disturbances of attention. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1139)
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