anterograde amnesia [ˈæntərəʊˌgreɪd]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) amnesia caused by brain damage in which the memory loss relates to events occurring after the damage Compare retrograde amnesia
[from Latin anterior previous and -grade]
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| Noun | 1. |  anterograde amnesia - loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the traumaamnesia, memory loss, blackout - partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening" |
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