anamnesis
The ability to recall past eventsThe ability to recall past events; recollection.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The ability to recall past events; recollection.
the ability to recall past occurrences
(countable, uncountable)The remembrance and celebration of God’s works by the liturgy of the church.
(countable, uncountable)A patient's account of their medical history.
Anamnese
ана́мнезanámnez
the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient
(countable, uncountable)The recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth, according to Plato’s theory of epistemology.
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The mention of the past; quotation of exemplary authors from memory to establish one’s authority.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis, “remembrance”), verbal noun ofLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis, “remembrance”), verbal noun of ἀναμιμνήσκω (anamimnḗskō), from ἀνα- (ana-) + μιμνῄσκω (mimnēískō, “call to mind”).
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Forms
plural: anamnesesSynonyms
4 synonyms- the ability to recall past occurrences:remembrancerecollection
- the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient:medical historymedical record
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable