Relating to or causing loss of memory; affecting the ability to remember things.
From Greek 'amnesia' (forgetfulness) combined with the suffix '-ic' (relating to). The Greek root comes from 'a-' (without) and 'mneme' (memory), literally meaning 'without memory.' The modern medical term evolved in the 19th century.
Amnesic episodes in medical literature often describe mysterious cases where people forget who they are—but interestingly, they usually remember how to speak and walk, showing that different types of memory live in different brain regions.
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