POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posttraumatic amnesia mean? 

• POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA (noun)
  The noun POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA has 1 sense:

1. loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma

  Familiarity information: POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTTRAUMATIC AMNESIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

anterograde amnesia; posttraumatic amnesia

Hypernyms ("posttraumatic amnesia" is a kind of...):

amnesia; blackout; memory loss (partial or total loss of memory)