retrograde amnesia

Noun

Meaning

loss of memory for events immediately preceding a trauma

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Synonyms

amnesia forgetfulness memory loss loss of memory memory leak cognitive impairment memory impairment memory lapse inability to recall one's past retroactive amnesia memory deficiency memory deficit memory dysfunction memory failure fading memory

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Hypernyms

amnesia blackout memory loss

Examples

A slightly greater injury is associated with both anterograde and retrograde amnesia (inability to remember events before or after the injury). Source: Internet

The American Psychiatric Association report (2001) acknowledges: “In some patients the recovery from retrograde amnesia will be incomplete, and evidence has shown that ECT can result in persistent or permanent memory loss”. Source: Internet

His subsequent total anterograde amnesia and partial retrograde amnesia provided the first evidence for the localization of memory function, and further clarified the differences between declarative and procedural memory. Source: Internet

Unlike retrograde amnesia (which is popularly referred to simply as "amnesia", the state where someone forgets events before brain damage), dissociative amnesia is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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