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TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does transient global amnesia mean?
• TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA (noun)
The noun TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA has 1 sense:
1. memory disorder seen in middle aged and elderly persons; characterized by an episode of amnesia and bewilderment that lasts for several hours; person is otherwise alert and intellectually active
Familiarity information: TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Memory disorder seen in middle aged and elderly persons; characterized by an episode of amnesia and bewilderment that lasts for several hours; person is otherwise alert and intellectually active
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("transient global amnesia" is a kind of...):
amnesia; blackout; memory loss (partial or total loss of memory)
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