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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

agnosia, blackout, catalepsy, cataplexy, catatonic stupor, daydreaming, daze, dream state, fugue, fugue state, hypnotic trance, loss of memory, reverie, sleepwalking, somnambulism, stupor, trance, word deafness

Dictionary Results for amnesia:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

amnesia
    n 1: partial or total loss of memory; "he has a total blackout
         for events of the evening" [syn: amnesia, memory loss,
         blackout]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

amnesia \am*ne"si*a\ ([a^]m*n[=e]"zh[u^] or
   [a^]m*n[=e]"z[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amnhsi`a; 'a priv.
   + mna^sqai to remember.]
   1. (Med.) Forgetfulness; loss of long-term memory. --Quian.
      [1913 Webster + AS]

   2. (Med.) A defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which
      the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place
      of those he wishes to employ. [Obs.] --Quian.
      [1913 Webster + AS]

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