adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person with amnesia. dated
2. 2
   a person suffering from amnesia wordnet
3. 3
   A medication with amnesic effects.

Adjective

1. 1
   Of, pertaining to, affected by, or causing amnesia. not-comparable

   "amnesic patients"

Adjective

1. 1
   suffering from a partial loss of memory wordnet
2. 2
   of or relating to or caused by amnesia wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

amnesiacamnesiacamnesiacamnesticamnesticamnestic

Antonyms

All antonyms

nonamnesic

Etymology

From amnesia + -ic.

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