ANAMNESIS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: anamneses

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ability to recall past occurrences

Synonyms:

anamnesis; recollection; remembrance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("anamnesis" is a kind of...):

memory; retention; retentiveness; retentivity (the power of retaining and recalling past experience)

Derivation:

anamnestic (of or relating to anamnesis; aiding the memory)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient

Synonyms:

anamnesis; medical history; medical record

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("anamnesis" is a kind of...):

case history (detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment)

Meronyms (parts of "anamnesis"):

family history (part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases)