anterograde amnesia

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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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posttraumatic amnesia

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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