Look up: amnesia

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   amnesia
   [n] - partial or total loss of memory
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   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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   Amnesia
   A useful low memory fishing line, ideal for shock leaders and hook snoods.
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   Amnesia
   Amnesia is a partial or total loss of memory.
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   Amnesia
   Total or partial lack or loss of memory; inability to remember past experiences
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   Amnesia
   Lack of ability to recall events.
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   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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   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 over time for a heat-shrinkable elastomeric tubing or moulded part to fail to recover completely to i...
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   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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    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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    amnesia
    <neurology> Lack or loss of memory, inability to remember past experiences. ... Origin: Gr. Amnesia = forgetfulness ... (05 Feb 1998) ...
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    amnesia
    memory loss noun partial or total loss of memory; `he has a total blackout for events of the evening`
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    Amnesia
    `Amnesia` (from Greek `) (see spelling differences) is a condition in which memory is disturbed. The causes of amnesia are organic or functional. Organic causes include damage to the brain, through trauma or disease, or use of certain (generally sedative) drugs. Functional causes are psychological factors, such as defense mechanisms. Hysterical post-traumatic amnesia is an example of this. Amnesia may also be spontaneous, in the case of transient...
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    Amnèsia
    `Amnèsia` is an Italian language drama film directed by Gabriele Salvatores in 2002.
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    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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    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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    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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    amnesia
    (Gr. amnsia forgetfulness) lack or loss of memory; inability to remember past experiences.
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    amnesia
    amnesia Partial or total loss or lack of memory; the inability to recall past experiences; lacking memory.
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    amnesia
    A disturbance in the memory of information stored in long-term memory, in contrast to short-term memory, manifested by total or partial inability to recall past experiences. [G. amnsia, forgetfulness]
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    amnesia
    A total loss of memory for events for a period of time or for events. In cases of concussion, retrograde amnesia is the permanent loss of memory for events just preceding a head injury while post-traumatic amnesia applies to a period after injury during which the patient may be conscious but incapab...
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    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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