Ribot's law

noun

the hypothesis that there exists a time gradient in retrograde amnesia, where recent memories are more likely to be lost than more remote ones

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Meanings

nounRibot's law (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicinethe hypothesis that there exists a time gradient in retrograde amnesia, where recent memories are more likely to be lost than more remote ones
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