Definition of Confabulation

1. Noun. An informal conversation.


2. Noun. (psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered.
Generic synonyms: Memory
Category relationships: Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Psychopathology
Derivative terms: Confabulate

Definition of Confabulation

1. n. Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

Definition of Confabulation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Confabulation

1. Fabrication of detailed, plausible experiences and events to cover gaps in memory. May occur as a feature of Wernicke's encephalopathy. (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confabulation

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