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Kor·sa·koff

adj :  relating to or affected with Korsakoff's psychosis <studies of patients> 
 
Korsakoff (or  Korsakov ), Sergei Sergeyevich (1853-1900), Russian psychiatrist. Korsakoff was one of the founders of the Russian school of psychiatry. After service at a clinic for nervous diseases, he published his classic description of the syndrome now known as Korsakoff's psychosis or Korsakoff's syndrome.

 
 

 
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