hypermnesia
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Related to hypermnesia: posthypnotic amnesia
hypermnesia
[hi″perm-ne´zhah]extreme retentiveness or unusual clarity of memory. adj. adj hypermnes´ic.
hy·perm·ne·si·a
(hī'pĕrm-nē'zē-ă),1. Extreme power of memory.
2. A capacity under hypnosis for immediate registration and precise recall of many more individual items than is thought possible under ordinary circumstances. Compare: hypomnesia.
[hyper- + G. mnēmē, memory]
hypermnesia
(hī′pərm-nē′zhə)n.
Exceptionally exact or vivid memory.
hypermnesia
(hī′pərm-nē′zhə)n.
Exceptionally exact or vivid memory, especially as associated with certain mental illnesses.
hy′perm·ne′sic (-zĭk, -sĭk) adj.
hypermnesia
[hī′pərm·nē′zhə]
an extraordinarily good state of memory.
hy·perm·ne·si·a
(hī'pĕrm-nē'zē-ă)1. Extreme power of memory.
2. A capacity under hypnosis for immediate registration and precise recall of many more individual items than is thought possible under ordinary circumstances.
Compare: hypomnesia
Compare: hypomnesia
[hyper- + G. mnēmē, memory]
hypermnesia (hīˈ·perm·nēˑ·zhē·
),
n the ability to remember past events in vivid detail, often enhanced when under hypnosis. See also hypnosis.