Meaning of AMNESIA
| Pronunciation: | | am'neezhu
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| Matching Terms: | | amnesiac, amnesic, amnesic aphasia
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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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| | 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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