polyneuritic psychosis

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsalcoholic dementiaalcohol amnestic disorderKorsakoff's psychosisKorsakoff's syndromeKorsakov's psychosisKorsakov's syndrome

   Broaderdementia

Questions about polyneuritic psychosis

What does polyneuritic psychosis mean?

polyneuritic psychosis means "dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact".

What is another word for polyneuritic psychosis?

Close synonyms include alcoholic dementia, alcohol amnestic disorder, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is polyneuritic psychosis a common word?

polyneuritic psychosis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.