Amnesia Definition

ăm-nēzhə
noun
Partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness.
American Heritage
Partial or total loss of memory caused as by brain injury or by shock.
Webster's New World
Loss of memory, usually resulting from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness.
American Heritage Medicine

(pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.

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Other Word Forms of Amnesia

Noun

Singular:
amnesia
Plural:
amnesi, amnesias

Origin of Amnesia

  • Greek amnēsiā forgetfulness probably alteration of amnēstiā from amnēstos not remembered a- not a–1 mimnēskein mnē- to remember men-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From modified Latin amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsia, “forgetfulness”).

    From Wiktionary

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