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anterograde amnesia

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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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Noun1.anterograde amnesia - loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma
posttraumatic amnesia
amnesia, memory loss, blackout - partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout for events of the evening"


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Following the rape and murder of his wife, Leonard has lost the ability to make new memories, and apart from his life before that traumatic event--that his anterograde amnesia allows him to remember partly (selectively)--his world begins anew every 15 minutes.
Desiring bodies by Loughlin, Gerard / Cross Currents
A condition that prevents the victim of a traumatic injury from recording new or short-term memories, anterograde amnesia will gradually fade, say doctors.
CORNERS OF THEIR MINDS AMNESIA VICTIMS FACE AN ONGOING STRUGGLE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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