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Korsakoff's syndrome

Syllabification: (Kor·sa·koff's syn·drome)

Pronunciation: /ˈkôrsəˌkôfs/

(also Korsakoff's psychosis)

Definition of Korsakoff's syndrome

noun

Psychiatry

a serious mental illness, typically the result of chronic alcoholism, characterized by disorientation and a tendency to invent explanations to cover a loss of memory of recent events.