Source : WordNet®

polyneuritic psychosis
     n : 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}]