Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock, psychological disturbance, brain injury, or illness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pathology
Loss ofmemory ;forgetfulness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun partial or total loss of memory
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Okay, so, Dean knows his Angel enemas and maybe he figures amnesia is par for this particular course.
Supernatural - Episode 5.04...SPOILERS paxlux 2009
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So poor Jamie Tyler sits there lingering in amnesia with the ever faithful Luke Smith by her side, Rose and the Doctor worried beyond belief at their daughter's condition, and the mystery of the Ganyites hanging over everybody, even though I know what it freaking is.
Fic Update amberfocus 2008
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Some readers have suggested amnesia is a cop-out, a bad soap opera plot fix.
April 2008 2008
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When it comes to the pain of childbirth, a little amnesia is a good thing.
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Some readers have suggested amnesia is a cop-out, a bad soap opera plot fix.
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But, then again, I suppose it's ultimately within the province of the fact-finder to determine whether the alleged case of amnesia is actually believable.
Medical Malpractice 2007
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But, then again, I suppose it's ultimately within the province of the fact-finder to determine whether the alleged case of amnesia is actually believable.
NY Court of Appeals 2007
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But, then again, I suppose it's ultimately within the province of the fact-finder to determine whether the alleged case of amnesia is actually believable.
Evidentiary Issues 2007
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She concludes he apparently suffers from a form of short term amnesia that does not allow him to make new memories more than five minutes old though his pre-flight remain okay.
The Memory Collectors-Meg Gardiner « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009
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And amnesia is the most cliche plot contrivance of the modern era.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word amnesia
JM thinks he had amnesia once - maybe twice.
July 13, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word amnesia
Railroad telegraphers' shorthand notation meaning "Can you make an allowance on account of?" --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 19, 2013