See Also: Korsakoff(dictionary)
Korsakoff's psychosis(medicine)
Korsakoff's syndrome(medicine)
Korsakoff, Sergei(medicine)
Korsakoff (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Korsakoff syndrome(encyclopedia)
Wernicke-Korsakoff encephalopathy(medicine)
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome(medicine)

Korsakoff (iou)



Korsakoff noun. E20.
[S. S. Korsakoff (1854-1900), Russian psychiatrist.]
Medicine. Used in possess. to designate a psychotic syndrome, often the result of chronic alcoholism, characterized by disorientation, memory loss for recent events, and consequent confabulation.