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amnesia

/am-nee-zhuh/US // æmˈni ʒə //UK // (æmˈniːzjə, -ʒjə, -zɪə) //

失忆症,健忘症,失忆,遗忘症

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.

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Examples

  • Mice injected with a cocktail of protein inhibitors develop amnesia, likely forgetting information because their synapses wither away.

  • We cannot know whether the movies will survive the pandemic, streaming and cultural amnesia.

  • Though suffering from amnesia, he turns out to be unflappably polite, irresistibly charming and quite frisky with the nurses.

  • The precise age when the veil of infantile amnesia descends is a subject of ongoing debate, in part because only limited studies have been done involving children.

  • Compounding the puzzle, as Bauer writes, is the fact that “within the period eventually obscured by childhood amnesia, children had remarkably rich autobiographies.”

  • Liberals are outraged over the Steven Scalise scandal—but the left has selective amnesia.

  • What are the real life consequences of our collective amnesia?

  • “I invented everything—amnesia, pain, hemorrhoids,” he told La Stampa.

  • But there is more to this behaviour than intentional amnesia.

  • The first is what Scottish historian Tom Devine calls “imperial amnesia.”

  • The one form of memory disturbance is called "Word Amnesia;" the other is called "Apraxia."

  • Asked her friend abruptly, "Have you ever seen a case of amnesia?"

  • For instance, I could have amnesia so that I could see you, but there wouldn't be any me.

  • The temporary amnesia slipped aside and the veil began to rise.

  • When you cracked up, a blow on the head, or something, must have created a temporary amnesia and you thought you were Danson.