amnesia
(am-nē′zhă)
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[Gr. amnēsia, amnēstia, oblivion, forgetfulness]
Loss of memory, whether partial, total, permanent, or transient. The term is often applied to episodes during which patients forget recent events although they may conduct themselves appropriately, and after which no memory of the period persists. Such episodes are often caused by strokes, seizures, trauma, senility, alcoholism, or intoxication. The cause is often unknown.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Amnesia." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767143/all/amnesia.
Amnesia. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767143/all/amnesia. Accessed October 4, 2024.
Amnesia. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767143/all/amnesia
Amnesia [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/767143/all/amnesia.
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