engram

engram
In the mnemic hypothesis, a physical change or memory trace made on the central nervous system of an organism as a result of experience or the repetition of stimuli. [G. en, in, + gramma, mark]

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en·gram also en·gramme 'en-.gram n a hypothetical change in neural tissue postulated in order to account for persistence of memory called also memory trace
en·gram·mic en-'gram-ik adj

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n.
the supposed physical basis of an individual memory.

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en·gram (enґgram) [en- + -gram] 1. a lasting mark or trace. 2. the permanent trace left by a stimulus in nerve tissue; see also pattern generator. 3. in psychology, the lasting trace left in the psyche by any experience; a latent memory picture.

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