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korsakov's syndrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
ko-r-sakov's syn-drome
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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 psychosis Korsakoff's syndrome Korsakov's psychosis polyneuritic psychosis

Questions

What does korsakov's syndrome mean?
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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