- anterograde amnesia
- impairment of memory for events occurring after the onset of amnesia; inability to form new memories. Cf. retrograde a.
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anterograde amnesia
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Anterograde amnesia — SignSymptom infobox Name = Anterograde amnesia ICD10 = ICD10|R|41|1|r|40 ICD9 = ICD9|780.93 Anterograde amnesia is a loss of memory of what happens after the event that caused the amnesia; it is different from retrograde amnesia, where memories… … Wikipedia
anterograde amnesia — noun loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma • Syn: ↑posttraumatic amnesia • Hypernyms: ↑amnesia, ↑memory loss, ↑blackout * * * anterograde amnesia… … Useful english dictionary
anterograde amnesia — noun The inability to remember new information from the period beginning the amnesic episode. See Also: amnesia, retrograde amnesia … Wiktionary
Amnesia — Infobox Disease Name = Amnesia | Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|R|41|3|r|40 ICD9 = ICD9|780.9, ICD9|780.93 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D000647 Amnesia (from Greek polytonic|Ἀμνησία ) is a condition… … Wikipedia
Amnesia — An impairment or lack of memory. Amnesia after a trauma event can be either antegrade (lack of memory related to events occurring after the event) or retrograde (lack of memory related to events occurring before the event). * * * A disturbance in … Medical dictionary
anterograde — 1. Moving forward. Cf.:antegrade. 2. Extending forward from a particular point in time; used in reference to amnesia. [L. gradior, pp. gressus, to step, go] * * * an·tero·grade ant ə (.)rō .grād adj 1) effective for a period immediately following … Medical dictionary
anterograde — adjective a) Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock. Anterograde amnesia is a loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia. b) Moving or occurring in the normal forward or… … Wiktionary
anterograde — adjective Etymology: New Latin antero from front to (from Latin anterior) + English grade Date: 1923 1. occurring or performed in the normal or forward direction of conduction or flow < anterograde axonal transport > 2. affecting memories … New Collegiate Dictionary
amnesia — n. total or partial loss of memory following physical injury, disease, drugs, or psychological trauma (see confabulation, fugue, repression). Anterograde amnesia is loss of memory for the events following some trauma; retrograde amnesia is loss… … The new mediacal dictionary
amnesia — amnestic /am nes tik/, adj. /am nee zheuh/, n. loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc. [1780 90; < NL < Gk amnesía, var. of AMNESTÍA oblivion; perhaps learnedly formed … Universalium
