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Definition of Amnesia

1. Noun. Partial or total loss of memory. "He has a total blackout for events of the evening"

Definition of Amnesia

1. 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.

Definition of Amnesia

1. Noun. (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Amnesia

1. loss of memory [n -S]

Medical Definition of Amnesia

1. Lack or loss of memory, inability to remember past experiences. Origin: Gr. Amnesia = forgetfulness (05 Feb 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amnesia

Literary usage of Amnesia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1903)
"Modern science takes a different view, and yet in the phenomena of amnesia it finds the most promising opportunity for the study of the conditions of memory ..."

2. The Unsound Mind and the Law: A Presentation of Forensic Psychiatry by George W. Jacoby (1918)
"amnesia, being one of the best criteria of unconsciousness, ... amnesia is a fairly frequent symptom. In concussion of the brain as a result of a fall or ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1892)
"A remarkable case of amnesia is related by M. Charcot, which is probably unique in some points. The patient is a married woman, set. ..."

4. The Psychology of Suggestion: A Research Into the Subconscious Nature of Man by Boris Sidis (1898)
"If the amnesia sets on at intervals, it is periodic. If psychic states keep on alternating, each one being completely amnesic for the other, such as is the ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1904)
"But the rectum and anus may in reality, as you see, be a source, through exhausting irritation causing amnesia as well as other brain exhaustion or brain ..."

6. The Elements of Psychology: A Text-book by David Jayne Hill (1888)
"The principal ascertained causes of amnesia are the following : (1) Wounds ... amnesia from these causes is generally sudden, unless the disease itself is ..."

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