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a condition in which a person is unable to remember things because of head injury, shock, illness, or fatigue
The concussion left him with amnesia, and he couldn't remember how he had gotten hurt.
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This phenomenon, known as immunological amnesia, means that a child who contracts measles at age three is more likely to be hospitalized with, say, a pneumococcal infection at age five, although parents and physicians may not draw the connection.
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
If your husband refuses to go with you, go alone — or pray for amnesia.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately, the measles virus can target and destroy these cells in your immune system, resulting in your immune system forgetting what to do when different things invade your body, hence the term amnesia.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia about his erratic rule settled over the country, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from reality.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
If your husband refuses to go with you, go alone — or pray for amnesia.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025
Unfortunately, the measles virus can target and destroy these cells in your immune system, resulting in your immune system forgetting what to do when different things invade your body, hence the term amnesia.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
In the four years Trump was out of office, an eerie amnesia about his erratic rule settled over the country, allowing people to project onto him hopes that were utterly untethered from reality.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Amnesia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesia. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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