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dysmnesia

[ dis-nee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]
/ dɪsˈni ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə /
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noun Psychiatry.
an impairment of memory.
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Origin of dysmnesia

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

Words nearby dysmnesia

dyslogistic, dysmelia, dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhoea, dysmetria, dysmnesia, dysmorphia, dysmorphism, dysmorphophobia, Dysnomia, Dyson
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How to use dysmnesia in a sentence

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

    Curiosities of Medical Experience|J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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