korsakoff's syndrome in English
noun
1
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.
The vast majority of amnesic patients are chronic alcoholics, suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome .
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1. Confabulation The recounting of fictitious and repetitive, but often plausible, detail of past events to cover gaps in the memory. This is common in various forms of dementia and is most characteristic of the alcohol-induced KORSAKOFF'S SYNDROME