[
UK
/æmnˈiːziə/
]
[ US /æmˈniʒə/ ]
[ US /æmˈniʒə/ ]
NOUN
-
partial or total loss of memory
he has a total blackout for events of the evening
How To Use amnesia In A Sentence
- The Canadian police doubted he was a genuine amnesiac and held him on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant.
- And this means that the theories of universally acting psychical repression, of the unconscious, of the endopsychic censor, of the significance of resistance and amnesia, of the employment of highly complicated and phantastic symbolism, of the manifestations of sexuality and so forth have been made use of in a high-handed, uncalled for, unnecessary and unscientific manner to prove the truth of the thesis with which the author set out upon his journey. The Journal of Abnormal Psychology
- Nader backers who should know better are suffering from a highly selective historical amnesia when they make these arguments.
- This is temporary amnesia caused by the fact that human beings are not good at looking out for two things at once. Times, Sunday Times
- If encoding is absent, amnesia will follow, as in the case of many of our dreams.
- Amnesia can be caused by damage to areas of the brain that are vital for memory processing. Unlike a temporary episode of memory loss (transient global amnesia), amnestic syndrome can be permanent.
- But our amnesia affects our very ability to determine their proper use. Christianity Today
- Of particular interest is the more controversial class of amnesic syndromes known as dissociative, functional, or psychogcnic amnesias.
- When mixed with alcohol it can lead to blackouts and amnesia.
- Objective To discuss the proper sedative and anterograde amnesia dosage of midazolam in epidural anaesthesia during lower abdominal and lower limb operation.