Amnesia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pathology, loss of memory; specifically, a morbid condition in which the patient is unable to recall a word that is wanted, or, perhaps, understand it when spoken: a common form of aphasia (which see).
  • n. [capitalized] In zoöl., a genus of coleopterous insects.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. partial or total loss of memory
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