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ANAMNESIS (anamneses)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anamnesis mean? 

ANAMNESIS (noun)
  The noun ANAMNESIS has 2 senses:

1. the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patientplay

2. the ability to recall past occurrencesplay

  Familiarity information: ANAMNESIS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ANAMNESIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

anamnesis; medical history; medical record

Hypernyms ("anamnesis" is a kind of...):

case history (detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment)

Meronyms (parts of "anamnesis"):

family history (part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases)

Derivation:

anamnestic (of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The ability to recall past occurrences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

anamnesis; recollection; remembrance

Hypernyms ("anamnesis" is a kind of...):

memory; retention; retentiveness; retentivity (the power of retaining and recalling past experience)

Derivation:

anamnestic (of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory)


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