Amnesia

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  amnesia \am*ne"si*a\ ([a^]m*n[=e]"zh[u^] or
     [a^]m*n[=e]"z[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amnhsi`a; 'a priv.
     + mna^sqai to remember.]
     1. (Med.) Forgetfulness; loss of long-term memory. --Quian.
        [1913 Webster + AS]
  


     2. (Med.) A defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which
        the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place
        of those he wishes to employ. [Obs.] --Quian.
        [1913 Webster + AS]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  amnesia
       n : partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout
           for events of the evening" [syn: {memory loss}, {blackout}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "amnesia":
     agnosia, blackout, catalepsy, cataplexy, catatonic stupor,
     daydreaming, daze, dream state, fugue, fugue state,
     hypnotic trance, loss of memory, reverie, sleepwalking,
     somnambulism, stupor, trance, word deafness