ecmnesia

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Noun

ecmnesia (uncountable)

  1. A form of amnesia in which the patient can recall older events but not recent ones.
    • 1913, Alfred Ernest Jones, Papers on Psycho-Analysis:
      A classical instance of ecmnesia is the celebrated case of Louis V., studied by many observers.

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