Meaning of AMNESIA
| Pronunciation: | | am'neezhu
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| | Definition: | | [n] partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening" |
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| | Synonyms: | | blackout, memory loss |
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| | See Also: | | anterograde amnesia, cognitive state, forgetfulness, posttraumatic amnesia, retrograde amnesia, selective amnesia, state of mind, transient global amnesia | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Amnesia
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Am*ne"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; 'a priv. + ? to
remember.] (Med.)
Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral
disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or
names in the place of those he wishes to employ. --Quian.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | An impairment or lack of memory. Amnesia after a trauma event can be either antegrade (lack of memory related to events occurring after the event) or retrograde (lack of memory related to events occurring before the event). |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | This is the condition in which one's memory is lost due to disease or psychological or physical trauma. |
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| | Related Terms: | | agnosia, blackout, catalepsy, cataplexy, catatonic stupor, daydreaming, daze, dream state, fugue, fugue state, hypnotic trance, loss of memory, reverie, sleepwalking, somnambulism, stupor, trance, word deafness |
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