amnesic
pronunciation
How to pronounce amnesic in British English: UK [æmˌnɪzɪk]
How to pronounce amnesic in American English: US [æmˌnɪzɪk]
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- Noun:
- a person suffering from amnesia
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or caused by amnesia
- suffering from a partial loss of memory
Word Origin
- amnesic (adj.)
- "pertaining to amnesia," 1863; see amnesia + -ic.
Example
- 1. The researchers tested four healthy individuals and four amnesic patients .
- 2. Patients that are amnesic don 't know they are amnesic .
- 3. However , episodic and semantic memory may be dissociable in those amnesic patients who additionally have severe frontal lobe damage .
- 4. After visiting his bank in zurich , jason bourne , an amnesic assassin , wonders : " who has a safety-deposit box full of money and six passports and a gun ? "