AMNESIA
\amnˈiːzi͡ə], \amnˈiːziə], \a_m_n_ˈiː_z_iə]\
Definitions of AMNESIA
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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Pathologic partial or complete loss of the ability to recall past experiences (AMNESIA, RETROGRADE) or to form new memories (AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE). This condition may be of organic or psychologic origin. Organic forms of amnesia are usually associated with dysfunction of the DIENCEPHALON or HIPPOCAMPUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp426-7)
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Loss of memory; specifically amnesic aphasia, inability to recall the name of an object or other word wanted to express an idea.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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By some nosologists, amnesia constitutes a genus of diseases. By most, it is considered only as a symptom, which may occur in many diseases.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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