anterograde amnesia

amnesia /am·ne·sia/ (am-ne´zhah) pathologic impairment of memory.

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anterograde amnesia  amnesia for events occurring subsequent to the episode precipitating the disorder.

dissociative amnesia  a dissociative disorder characterized by a sudden loss of memory for important personal information and which is not due to the direct effects of a psychogenic substance or a general medical condition.

psychogenic amnesia  dissociative a.

retrograde amnesia  amnesia for events occurring prior to the episode precipitating the disorder.

transient global amnesia  a temporary episode of short-term memory loss without other neurological impairment.

visual amnesia  alexia.

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anterograde amnesia

n.

A condition in which events that occurred after the onset of amnesia cannot be recalled and new memories cannot be formed.

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anterograde amnesia

Etymology: L, ante + prior, foremost, gredi, to go

1 the inability to form new memories.

2 the inability to recall events that occur after the onset of amnesia, usually with an inability to form new memories, which can be temporary. Compare anterograde memory, retrograde amnesia.

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anterograde amnesia

Neurology Amnesia which occurs from the moment of physical or mental trauma; AA is characterized by an inability to form new memories of life events. Cf Retrograde amnesia.