Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
retrograde amnesia
ret·ro·grade am·ne·sia
Subclass of:
Amnesia
Definitions related to retrograde amnesia:
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Loss of memory for events preceding the onset of the amnesia. Compare with anterograde amnesia.Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and PsychologyBJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
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The loss of access to memories that were previously encoded; this disorder is most commonly preceded by trauma, including physical brain injury, stroke, or seizure, but may also be psychogenic in origin. Memory loss may be temporary or permanent, but the ability to encode new memories or skills is not generally affected.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(amnesia, retrograde) Loss of the ability to recall information that had been previously encoded in memory prior to a specified or approximate point in time. This process may be organic or psychogenic in origin. Organic forms may be associated with CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENTS; SEIZURES; DEMENTIA; and a wide variety of other conditions that impair cerebral function. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp426-9)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(retrograde memory impairment) Inability to retrieve information from the long-term memory that was acquired before the onset of amnesia.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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