dysmnesia

[ dis-nee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. an impairment of memory.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dysmnesia¹

dys- + Greek mnês ( is ) a remembering + -ia

Example Sentences

There is an affection called amnesia, in which it utterly fails, and another termed dysmnesia, when it is defective.

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