psychosis : Idioms & Phrases
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korsakoff's psychosis
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noun dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
alcohol amnestic disorder; Korsakov's syndrome; Korsakov's psychosis; alcoholic dementia; Korsakoff's syndrome; Korsakoff's psychosis.
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korsakov's psychosis
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noun dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
alcohol amnestic disorder; Korsakov's syndrome; Korsakov's psychosis; alcoholic dementia; Korsakoff's syndrome; Korsakoff's psychosis.
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manic-depressive psychosis
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noun a mental disorder characterized by episodes of mania and depression
manic depressive illness; bipolar disorder; manic depression.
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polyneuritic psychosis
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noun dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact
alcohol amnestic disorder; Korsakov's syndrome; Korsakov's psychosis; alcoholic dementia; Korsakoff's syndrome; Korsakoff's psychosis.
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schizophrenic psychosis
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noun any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
dementia praecox; schizophrenia; schizophrenic disorder.
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senile psychosis
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noun dementia of the aged; results from degeneration of the brain in the absence of cerebrovascular disease
senile dementia.