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Amnesia : (noun)
1: partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout
for events of the evening" [syn: memory loss, blackout]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Amnesia : \Am*ne"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; 'a priv. _ ? to
remember.] (Med.)
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Amnesia : Amnesia: Lack of hypomnesia . Based on a- _ the Greek mneme, memory.
See also: Retrograde amnesia .
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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