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engram

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en·gram  (ngrm)
n.
A physical alteration thought to occur in living neural tissue in response to stimuli, posited as an explanation for memory.
[German Engramm : en-2 + Greek -gramma, -gram.]
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Noun1.engram - a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory
memory trace
memory - something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost"
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I am inclined to think that, in the present state of physiology, the introduction of the engram does not serve to simplify the account of mnemic phenomena.
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