- Antegrade amnesia
- Amnesia in which the lack of memory relates to events occurring after a traumatic occurrence.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Antegrade amnesia
Look at other dictionaries:
Amnesia, antegrade — Amnesia in which the lack of memory relates to events occurring after a traumatic occurrence … Medical dictionary
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
