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Korsakoff's Psychosis

Definition: Korsakoff's Psychosis

Korsakoff's Psychosis

Noun

1. Dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Korsakoff's Psychosis

Synonyms: alcohol amnestic disorder (n), alcoholic dementia (n), polyneuritic psychosis (n). (additional references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Korsakoff's Psychosis

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Health

Abnormalities in smell and taste functions frequently accompany and even signal the existence of several diseases or unhealthy conditions, including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, malnutrition, and some degenerative diseases of the nervous system such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Korsakoff's psychosis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Korsakoff's Psychosis

Language Translations for "Korsakoff's psychosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

Korsakoffs psykose. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

psychose van Korsakoff. (various references)

   

French

  

psychose de Korsakoff. (various references)

   

German

  

Korsakoffsche Psychose. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ψύχωση του Κορσακώφ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

psicosi di Korsakoff. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orsakoff'skay ychosispsay

   

Portuguese

  

psicose de korsakoff. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

psicosis de korsakoff. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Korsakoff's Psychosis


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 6F 72 73 61 6B 6F 66 66 27 73      50 73 79 63 68 6F 73 69 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01101111 01110010 01110011 01100001 01101011 01101111 01100110 01100110 00100111 01110011 00100000 01010000 01110011 01111001 01100011 01101000 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#111 &#114 &#115 &#97 &#107 &#111 &#102 &#102 &#39 &#115 &#32 &#80 &#115 &#121 &#99 &#104 &#111 &#115 &#105 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 006F 0072 0073 0061 006B 006F 0066 0066 0027 0073      0050 0073 0079 0063 0068 006F 0073 0069 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4581848567778172729852508591697481857585

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Korsakoff's Psychosis"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsedanois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungtysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Modern
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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