amnesia

English

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Etymology

From modified Latin amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (“forgetfulness”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˌæmˈniʒə/
• (UK) IPA: /æmˈniːʒə/, /æmˈniːz.i.ə/

• CA synth

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːʒə

Noun

amnesia (plural amnesias or amnesiæ)

1. (pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.

Translations

loss of memory

Bulgarian: амнезия (bg) Catalan: amnèsia (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 失憶症 (cmn), 失忆症 (cmn) (shīyìzhèng) Croatian: amnezija (hr) f. Danish: amnesi (da) c., hukommelsestab (da) n. Dutch: amnesie (nl) f. Finnish: amnesia (fi) French: amnésie (fr) f.

German: Amnesie (de) f. Japanese: 健忘 (ja) (けんぼう, kenbō), 健忘症 (ja) (けんぼうしょう, kenbōshō) Korean: 건망증 (ko) (geonmangjeung) (健忘症 (ko)) Polish: amnezja (pl) f. Portuguese: amnésia (pt) f. Romanian: amnezie (ro) f. Russian: амнезия (ru) (amnezíja) f. Spanish: amnesia (es) f. Swedish: amnesi (sv) c.

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• Ido: amnezio
• Telugu: మతిమరపు (matimarapu)

Derived terms

amnesiac amnesic amnestic

anterograde amnesia retrograde amnesia

Related terms

• amnesty

Anagrams

• anemias

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Finnish

Noun

amnesia

1. amnesia

Declension

Declension of amnesia (type kulkija) singular plural nominative amnesia amnesiat genitive amnesian amnesioiden amnesioitten amnesiain1 partitive amnesiaa amnesioita accusative amnesia amnesian amnesiat inessive amnesiassa amnesioissa elative amnesiasta amnesioista illative amnesiaan amnesioihin adessive amnesialla amnesioilla ablative amnesialta amnesioilta allative amnesialle amnesioille essive amnesiana amnesioina translative amnesiaksi amnesioiksi instructive – amnesioin abessive amnesiatta amnesioitta comitative – amnesioineen 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• mesaani, saamien

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Italian

Noun

amnesia f. (plural amnesie)

1. amnesia

Anagrams

• esamina

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Spanish

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsia) "forgetfulness".

Pronunciation

• IPA: /amˈne.sja/

Noun

amnesia f. (plural amnesias)

1. amnesia

Derived terms

• amnésico