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an•am•ne•sis
(an′am nē′sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz).USA pronunciation
an•am•nes•tic
(an′am nes′tik),USA pronunciation adj.
an′am•nes′ti•cal•ly, adv.
- the recollection or remembrance of the past; reminiscence.
- Philosophy[Platonism.]recollection of the Ideas, which the soul had known in a previous existence, esp. by means of reasoning.
- Medicinethe medical history of a patient.
- Immunologya prompt immune response to a previously encountered antigen, characterized by more rapid onset and greater effectiveness of antibody and T cell reaction than during the first encounter, as after a booster shot in a previously immunized person.
- (often cap.) a prayer in a Eucharistic service, recalling the Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ.
- Greek anámnēsis remembrance, equivalent. to ana(mi)mné̄(skein) to remember (ana ana- + mimné̄skein to call to mind) + -sis -sis
- Neo-Latin
- 1650–60
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