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amnesia
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amnesia
(noun)
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amnesia
/æm
ˈ
niːʒə/
noun
amnesia
/æm
ˈ
niːʒə/
noun
Learner's definition of AMNESIA
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noncount
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medical
:
a condition in which a person is unable to remember things because of brain injury, shock, or illness
— amnesiac
/æm
ˈ
niːʒiˌæk/
adjective
an
amnesiac
patient
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— amnesiac
noun
,
plural
amnesiacs
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count
]
a movie about a friendless
amnesiac
[=a person who has amnesia]
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