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Noun: posttraumatic amnesia
  1. Loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma
    - anterograde amnesia

Derived forms: posttraumatic amnesias

Type of: amnesia, blackout, memory loss

Encyclopedia: Posttraumatic amnesia