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A definition or brief description of Amnesia.

Pathologic partial or complete loss of the ability to recall past experiences (retrograde amnesia) or to form new memories (anterograde amnesia).

Source: Anonymous (2024), Amnesia (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.