AMNESIA

‖Am‐ne″si‐a (�), n. [[NL., fr. Gr. αμνησἴα; ἀ priv. + μνα̑σθαι to remember.]] (Med.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.