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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.

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• POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA (noun)

Sense 1

posttraumatic amnesia ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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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