1. loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma; [syn: anterograde amnesia, posttraumatic amnesia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
anterograde amnesia
n 1: loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma;
sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time
following the trauma [syn: anterograde amnesia,
posttraumatic amnesia]