Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amnesia"
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) 1.7 (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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