polyneuritic psychosis
n 1: dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic
alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events
although long term memory is intact [syn: {alcoholic
dementia}, {alcohol amnestic disorder}, {Korsakoff's
psychosis}, {Korsakoff's syndrome}, {Korsakov's psychosis},
{Korsakov's syndrome}, {polyneuritic psychosis}]