What is the meaning of korsakoff's psychosis?

Dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact.
- synonyms: alcoholic dementia, alcohol amnestic disorder, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis

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