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amnesia |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amnesia n : partial or total loss of memory: "he has a total blackout for events of the evening" [syn: {memory loss}, {blackout}]
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