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jamais vu

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jamais vu
[zhämāvY′, -vē′, -vo̅o̅′]
Etymology: Fr, never seen
the sensation of being a stranger when with a person one knows or when in a familiar place. The phenomenon occurs occasionally in healthy people but more frequently in those who have temporal lobe epilepsy. Compare déjà vu.

jamais vu
French, never seen Psychiatry A group of paramnesias with complete absence of memory for events known to have been experienced by the Pt; each is associated with depersonalization and temporal lobe epilepsy. Cf Deja vu.


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