1.
[syn: amnesia, memory loss, blackout]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
amnesia \am*ne"si*a\ ([a^]m*n[=e]"zh[u^] or
[a^]m*n[=e]"z[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amnhsi`a; 'a priv.
+ mna^sqai to remember.]
1. (Med.) Forgetfulness; loss of long-term memory. --Quian.
[1913 Webster + AS]
2. (Med.) A defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which
the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place
of those he wishes to employ. [Obs.] --Quian.
[1913 Webster + AS]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amnesia
n 1: partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout
for events of the evening" [syn: amnesia, memory loss,
blackout]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "amnesia":
agnosia, blackout, catalepsy, cataplexy, catatonic stupor,
daydreaming, daze, dream state, fugue, fugue state,
hypnotic trance, loss of memory, reverie, sleepwalking,
somnambulism, stupor, trance, word deafness