retrieval

(rĭ-trē′văl)

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1. In psychology, the process of bringing stored information to the conscious level.
2. Gathering of an item or items from storage or a repository.
3. Removal of an object from the body, e.g., a clot from a blocked artery, or an oocyte from an ovary.

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