anamnesis

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Etymology

Template:examples-right From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis, remembrance), verbal noun of ἀναμιμνήσκω (anamimnḗskō), from ἀνα- (ana-) +‎ μιμνῄσκω (mimnḗiskō, call to mind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌænæmˈniːsɪs/

Noun

anamnesis (countable and uncountable, plural anamneses)

  1. The ability to recall past events; recollection.
  2. (medicine) The medical history of a patient.
  3. (rhetoric) The mention of the past; quotation of exemplary authors from memory to establish one's authority.

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