Look up: amnesia

1. amnesia
   Type: Term Pronunciation: am-nē′zē-ă Definitions: 1. A disturbance in the memory of stored information of very variable durations, minutes to months, in contrast to short-term memory, manifest by total or partial inability, to recall past experiences.
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2. amnesia
   [n] - partial or total loss of memory
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3. Amnesia
   The general term for a defect of long-term memory, be it neurogenic or psychogenic in origin. Neuropsychology deals mainly with the amnesic syndrome and frontal amnesia.
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4. Amnesia
   A useful low memory fishing line, ideal for shock leaders and hook snoods.
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5. Amnesia
   Amnesia is a partial or total loss of memory.
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6. Amnesia
   Total or partial lack or loss of memory; inability to remember past experiences
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7. Amnesia
   Lack of ability to recall events.
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8. Amnesia
   Amnesia: Lack of memory. Amnesia after trauma can be antegrade or retrograde, depending upon whether the lack of memory relates to events occurring after or before the trauma. Amnesia is as compared to hypermnesia and hypomnesia. From a- + the Greek mneme, memory. See also: Antegrade amnesia ; and Retrograde amnesia.
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9. amnesia
   partial or total loss of memory following head injury, drugs or other conditions. Retrograde amnesia is loss memory for events that precede the injury Category: Management in the public and private sector • 2)partial or total loss of memory Category: Medicine • the tendency o...
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10. Amnesia
    A partial of complete loss of memory. Anterograde amnesia is a loss of memory subsequent to any cause e.g. brain trauma. Retrograde amnesia is a loss of memory for a period of time prior to any cause.
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11. Amnesia
    Am·ne'si·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...; 'a priv. + ... to remember.] (Medicine) 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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12. amnesia
    <neurology> Lack or loss of memory, inability to remember past experiences. ... Origin: Gr. Amnesia = forgetfulness ... (05 Feb 1998) ...
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13. amnesia
    memory loss noun partial or total loss of memory; `he has a total blackout for events of the evening`
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14. amnesia
    (am-ne´zhә) pathologic impairment of memory, usually the result of physical damage to areas of the brain from injury, disease, or alcoholism. Psychologic factors may also cause this; a shocking or unacceptable situation may be too painful to remember, with the situation being retained only in the subconsciou...
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15. Amnesia
    • (n.) 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.
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16. amnesia
    loss of memory occurring most often as a result of damage to the brain from trauma, stroke, Alzheimer disease, alcohol and drug toxicity, or ... [5 related articles]
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17. amnesia
    (Gr. amnsia forgetfulness) lack or loss of memory; inability to remember past experiences.
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18. amnesia
    amnesia Partial or total loss or lack of memory; the inability to recall past experiences; lacking memory.
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19. amnesia
    amnesia (ămnē'zhu) , [Gr.,=forgetfulness], condition characterized by loss of memory for long or short intervals of time. It may be caused by injury, shock, senility, severe illness, or mental disease. Some cases of amnesia involve the unconscious suppression of a painful experience ...
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20. amnesia
    Loss or impairment of memory. As a clinical condition it may be caused by disease or injury to the brain, by some drugs, or by shock; in some cases it may be a symptom of an emotional disorder
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21. Amnesia
    (video game) `Thomas M. Disch`s Amnesia` is a text adventure computer game created by Charles Kreitzberg`s Cognetics Corporation, written by award-winning science fiction author Thomas M. Disch, and programmed by Kevin Bentley using the King Edward Adventure game authoring system devel...
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22. Amnesia
    (album) Name = Amnesia| Type = Album | Artist = Richard Thompson | Cover = RT_Amnesia.jpg | Released = October 1988 | Recorded = 1988 at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles and Konk Studios, London| Genre = Rock | Length = 43:39 | Label = Capitol| Producer = Mitchell Froom | Reviews = *5--> http://w...
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23. Amnesia
    (nightclub) `Amnesia` is one of several internationally renowned clubs in Ibiza due to Joseph Murphy who created Cream in 1996 and was awarded Best Global Club in the 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 International Dance Music Awards for the respective previous year at the Winter Music Confere...
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24. Amnesia
    (comics) "`Amnesia`" is an 8-page comic by Al Columbia. It was published in the twentieth issue (September/October 1997) of Zero Zero. Synopsis: Columbia`s recurring character Seymour Sunshine is shown standing in the middle of a street, looking uncertain and ill at ease. The...
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25. Amnesia
    (Chumbawamba song) "`Amnesia`" is the second single from Chumbawamba`s album Tubthumper. The songs lyrical content addressess the sense of betrayal that English leftists felt during the rise of New Labour. It features a number of remixes, including a remix for the radi...
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