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POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does posttraumatic amnesia mean?
• POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA (noun)
The noun POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA has 1 sense:
1. loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma
Familiarity information: POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
anterograde amnesia; posttraumatic amnesia
Hypernyms ("posttraumatic amnesia" is a kind of...):
amnesia; blackout; memory loss (partial or total loss of memory)
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