Posttraumatic Amnesia (Noun)
Meaning
Loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma; sometimes in effect for events during and for a long time following the trauma.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The patient's posttraumatic amnesia made it difficult for doctors to determine the extent of the injury due to a lack of clear recall about the accident.
- A combination of closed head injury and intoxication resulted in several days of posttraumatic amnesia for the driver involved in the car crash.
- The victim of the mugging experienced a severe case of posttraumatic amnesia, remembering nothing about the event or the days following it.
- Several soldiers who witnessed combat experienced prolonged posttraumatic amnesia, often recalling nothing of their time in action.
- After falling from the cliff, Sarah developed posttraumatic amnesia that lasted several weeks and hindered her rehabilitation process.