Amnesia/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Amnesia.

Pathologic partial or complete loss of the ability to recall past experiences (retrograde amnesia) or to form new memories (anterograde amnesia).

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Amnesia (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.