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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amnesia /amˈniːzɪə/

▶noun a partial or total loss of memory.

– derivatives
amnesiac noun & adjective,
amnesic adjective & noun.

– origin C18: from Gk amnēsia ‘forgetfulness’.

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