amnesia
noun/æmˈniːziə/
/æmˈniːʒə/
[uncountable]- a medical condition in which somebody partly or completely loses their memoryTopics Mental healthc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Greek amnēsia ‘ forgetfulness’.
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