Meanings
nounanterograde amnesia (plural anterograde amnesias)
plural anterograde amnesias
- medicineThe inability to remember new information from the period beginning the amnesic episode.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounloss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma
Similar
posttraumatic amnesia
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch anterograde amnesie
- anterograde amnesieinability to remember new information
Finnish anterogradinen muistinmenetys
- anterogradinen muistinmenetysinability to remember new information
French amnésie antérograde
- amnésie antérogradeinability to remember new information
Hungarian anterográd amnézia
- anterográd amnéziainability to remember new information
Polish amnezja następowa
- amnezja następowainability to remember new information
Portuguese amnésia anterógrada
- amnésia anterógradainability to remember new information
Spanish amnesia anterógrada
- amnesia anterógradainability to remember new information
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APA
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Chicago
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