An impairment to or lack of memory. Antegrade amnesia refers to a lack of memory of events occurring after a traumatic event, whereas retrograde amnesia refers to lack of memory of events that occurred before the event.

See: Antegrade amnesia.

See: Retrograde amnesia.

See: Transient global amnesia.

 A failure of memory caused by physical injury, disease, drug use, or psychological trauma.

A condition in which loss of memory occurs.

"loss of memory," 1786 (as a Greek word in English from 1670s), Modern Latin, coined from Greek amnesia "forgetfulness," from a-, privative prefix, "not" (see a- (3)) + s [..]

Loss of memory. Usually only a partial loss such as for a period of time or biographical information.

A memory deficit that occurs resulting in brain damage.

Loss of memory caused by brain damage or by severe emotional trauma.

noun. A fractional of total reduction in memory, being either brief of lasting, resulting from (i) natural causes, or (ii) psychogenetic causes.

amnesia (pop)

Amnesia is the inability to recall past events. Amnesia can result from physical trauma (such as being in an accident and getting a blow to the head) or from psychological problems. One type of amnesi [..]

Severe impairment of memory.

Loss of memory caused by brain damage or by severe emotional trauma.

a condition that causes people to lose their memory

(n) partial or total loss of memory

Lack of memory about events occurring during a particular period of time. See also: anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia, post-traumatic amnesia. [Click Here to Return to List]

Partial or total loss of memory, usually as the result of psychological trauma or stress, or physical damage to the brain from injury, disease, or alcohol or other chronic drug abuse.

Unusual memory loss or forgetfulness.

A defect in memory, usually for a period of time or certain events. Anterograde amnesia is not remembering from the point of stress forward; retrograde amnesia is being unaware of events happening bef [..]

Amnesia refers profound memory loss which is usually caused either by physical injury to the brain or by the ingestion of a toxic substance which affects the brain.

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 orig [..]

Loss of the ability to form new memories beyond a certain point in Time. This condition may be organic or psychogenic in origin. Organically induced anterograde Amnesia may follow Craniocerebral Traum [..]

Loss of the ability to recall information that had been previously encoded in Memory prior to a specified or approximate point in Time. This process may be organic or psychogenic in origin. Organic Fo [..]

A Syndrome characterized by a transient loss of the ability to form new memories. It primarily occurs in middle Aged or Elderly individuals, and episodes may last from minutes to hours. During the per [..]

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 orig [..]

Loss of the ability to form new memories beyond a certain point in time. This condition may be organic or psychogenic in origin. Organically induced anterograde amnesia may follow CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUM [..]

Loss of the ability to recall information that had been previously encoded in memory prior to a specified or approximate point in time. This process may be organic or psychogenic in origin. Organic fo [..]

A syndrome characterized by a transient loss of the ability to form new memories. It primarily occurs in middle aged or elderly individuals, and episodes may last from minutes to hours. During the per [..]

Partial or complete loss of memory. "Anterograde" amnesia is when people cannot form new memories. Amphetamine A synthetic central nervous system stimulant.

a memory impairment exhibited by the inability to learn new information or recall previous learned information.

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

Amnesia for events that occurred before the onset of amnesia. (12 Dec 1998)

Amnesia means a temporary or permanent loss of memory. Amnesia can be caused by brain trauma or physical damage to the brain from wounds, tumors, viruses, or lesions; degenerative brain diseases such [..]

refers to an author's personal notes about the story, writing experience, or whatever else the author wants to talk to their readers about. Usually included before the beginning, or sometimes aft [..]

(pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness. (figurative) forgetfulness ''a state of cultural amnesia''