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Definition of amnesia - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
- Her amnesia about the meeting was surprising.
2.
medicalTECH. loss of memory due to brain damageTECH.
- After the accident, he suffered from amnesia.
3.
- He bought some amnesia from the local dispensary.
Expressions with amnesia
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situation where a group forgets or ignores past events together
The country suffered from collective amnesia about its past mistakes.
inability to form new memories after a specific event
After the accident, he suffered from anterograde amnesia, unable to recall any new events.
inability to recall memories from early childhood
Infantile amnesia explains why I can't remember my first birthday.
loss of memory after a traumatic event
After the accident, he suffered from posttraumatic amnesia.
memory loss affecting only certain events or information
After the accident, she had selective amnesia and couldn't remember the crash.
forgetting events during hypnosis
After the session, she experienced posthypnotic amnesia and couldn't recall the events.
loss of memory for events before a specific incident
He suffered retrograde amnesia after the accident.
brief episode of impaired recall, often with confusion, usually in older people
Doctors diagnosed transient global amnesia after his sudden memory loss.
Origin of amnesia
Greek, amnesia (forgetfulness)
Terms with amnesia included in their meaning
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memory
relating to amnesia before an event
amnesia
complete loss of memory
brain disorder
person suffering from amnesia
drug amnesia
experiencing memory loss from drug use
Examples of amnesia in a sentence
The team's amnesia of their previous losses was remarkable. The patient with amnesia couldn't recall his own name. Amnesia left her with no memory of her childhood. He rolled a joint with amnesia for the evening. Amnesia is popular among experienced smokers.
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- French:amnésie, perte de mémoire, ...
- German:Amnesie, Gedächtnisverlust, ...
- Italian:amnesia, perdita di memoria, ...
- Spanish:amnesia, ...
- Portuguese:amnésia, perda de memória, ...
- Chinese:遗忘, 失忆症, ...
- Japanese:健忘, 健忘症, ...
- Arabic:نِسْيَان, فُقْدَان الذَّاكِرَة, ...
- Hebrew:שִׁכְחָה, אֲבְדַן זִיכָּרוֹן, ...
- Russian:амнезия, потеря памяти, ...
- Ukrainian:амнезія, забуття, ...
- Hindi:भूल, स्मृतिलोप, ...
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