Amnesia

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  • noun. Partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In pathology, loss of memory; specifically, a morbid condition in which the patient is unable to recall a word that is wanted, or, perhaps, understand it when spoken: a common form of aphasia (which see).
  • noun. [capitalized] In zoöl., a genus of coleopterous insects.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. partial or total loss of memory
    • Word Usage
    "Okay, so, Dean knows his Angel enemas and maybe he figures amnesia is par for this particular course."
    cross-reference
    amnesia acustica  auditory amnesia  
    Form
    amnesiac  amnesic  amnestic  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cognitive state  state of mind  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    anterograde amnesia  forgetfulness  posttraumatic amnesia  retrograde amnesia  selective amnesia  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Elysia  Indonesia  Magnesia  Micronesia  Polynesia  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anorexia  aphasia  blindness  coma  deafness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agnosia  blackout  catalepsy  cataplexy  catatonic stupor  
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