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单词 Korsakoff's syndrome
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Definition of Korsakoff's syndrome in English:

Korsakoff's syndrome

(also Korsakoff's psychosis)
nounˈkɔːsəkɒfsˈkôrsəkäfs ˌsindrōm
mass nounPsychiatry
  • 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.

    〔精神病学〕柯尔萨可夫氏综合征

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Other disorders caused by thiamine deficiency include Wernicke's encephelopathy, which causes lack of coordination, and Korsakoff's psychosis, which affects short-term memory.
    • The vast majority of amnesic patients are chronic alcoholics, suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome.
    • To escape the clinic, Hannah cons a man with Korsakoff's syndrome out of several hundred dollars, justifying the act to herself with the thought that not only does he not need the money, but he won't even realise it's gone in the morning.
    • A prime suspect is the orbitofrontal cortex, just over our eyes, which is impaired in Korsakoff's syndrome and by aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery, two routes to confabulation.
    • Why Korsakoff's psychosis develops in only some patients with Wernicke's encephalopathy is unclear.

Origin

Early 20th century: named after Sergei S. Korsakoff (1854–1900), Russian psychiatrist.

Definition of Korsakoff's syndrome in US English:

Korsakoff's syndrome

(also Korsakoff's psychosis)
nounˈkôrsəkäfs ˌsindrōm
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.

    〔精神病学〕柯尔萨可夫氏综合征

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The vast majority of amnesic patients are chronic alcoholics, suffering from Korsakoff's syndrome.
    • To escape the clinic, Hannah cons a man with Korsakoff's syndrome out of several hundred dollars, justifying the act to herself with the thought that not only does he not need the money, but he won't even realise it's gone in the morning.
    • A prime suspect is the orbitofrontal cortex, just over our eyes, which is impaired in Korsakoff's syndrome and by aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery, two routes to confabulation.
    • Other disorders caused by thiamine deficiency include Wernicke's encephelopathy, which causes lack of coordination, and Korsakoff's psychosis, which affects short-term memory.
    • Why Korsakoff's psychosis develops in only some patients with Wernicke's encephalopathy is unclear.

Origin

Early 20th century: named after Sergei S. Korsakoff (1854–1900), Russian psychiatrist.

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