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Amnesic

Amnesic \Am*ne"sic\, a. (Med.)

  1. 1. Of or pertaining to amnesia. ``Amnesic or co["o]rdinate defects.''
    --Quian.

  2. Same as amnesiac.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
amnesic

"pertaining to amnesia," 1863; see amnesia + -ic.

Wiktionary
amnesic

a. Of, pertaining to, or suffering from amnesia n. A person suffering from amnesia

WordNet
amnesic
  1. adj. of or relating to or caused by amnesia [syn: amnestic]

  2. suffering from a partial loss of memory [syn: amnesiac]

amnesic

n. a person suffering from amnesia [syn: amnesiac]

Usage examples of "amnesic".

Go amnesic if we let slip a hint to the locals about anything off-world!

Cory alone with a young lad, two unconscious women, and an amnesic girl.

Without ever losing sight of these problems, let me turn to what the study of such amnesic patients has revealed.

The crucial comparison is between B and E, since, although E has tasted the bead, it is amnesic and pecks it later.

I was so pleased with this neat and simple control that we have employed it for several other of the key steps in the cascade - finding, for instance, that the increase in dendritic spines occurs only in a remembering and not in an amnesic group.

The birds were amnesic if the agent was injected up to 1-2 hours after training, or around 5-7 hours after training, but not if the injections were at intermediate times or later than 8 hours after training.

Milner, B, Corkin, S, and Teuber, H L Further analysis of the hippocampal amnesic syndrome: 14 year follow-up study of H.

We had, reluctantly, allowed him to go there some months previously for the funeral, and in this amnesic state he returned there.

Go amnesic if we let slip a hint to the locals about anything off-world!

Neurology and psychology to date have concentrated on memory recovery, helping amnesic victims, developing hypnotic recall techniques for vital witnesses, even preserving memories in the face of encroaching senility.

Cory alone with a young lad, two unconscious women, and an amnesic girl.

We had, reluctantly, allowed him to go there some months previously for the funeral, and in this amnesic state he returned there.

Look at the way the robot’s gone amnesic about killing Ligget while he was wrecking the lab.