amnesia Path.
(æmˈniːsɪə, -zɪə)
[mod.L., a. Gr. ἀµνησία forgetfulness.]
Loss of memory.
| [1674 J. Flavel Token for Mourners 11 There is a perfect ἀµνησία forgetfulness and insensibleness.] 1786 B. Rush Influence of Phys. Causes in Med. Inquiries & Observations (1793) II. 5 The loss of memory has been called ‘amnesia’. 1829 Lond. Encycl. II. 127/1 Amnesia, in medicine, loss of memory; sometimes the consequence of febrile diseases, when it generally recedes as the patient gains strength. 1878 A. Hamilton Nerv. Dis. 130 In place of there being simply a difficulty in expressing a clearly originated idea, there may be a condition of amnesia. 1880 Bastian Brain xxix. 621 An ordinary case of Amnesia..in which the ‘volitional’ and ‘associational’ recall of names was impossible. |