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Anamnesis

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Anˊam-ne′sis

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Noun.

[Gr.

ἀνάμνησις

, fr. [GREEK] to remind, recall to memory; [GREEK] + [GREEK] to put in mind.]

(Rhet.)

A recalling to mind; recollection.

Definition 2024

anamnesis

anamnesis

English

Noun

anamnesis ‎(countable and uncountable, plural anamneses)

The ability to recall past events; recollection.
(medicine) The medical history of a patient.
(rhetoric) The mention of the past; quotation of exemplary authors from memory to establish one's authority.

Related terms

anamnestic
anamnestically

Translations

recollection

Bulgarian: припомняне ‎(pripomnjane)
French: anamnèse (fr)
Italian: anamnesi (it)
Norwegian: anamnese

Portuguese: anamnese (pt) f, anamnésia (pt) f, reminiscência (pt) f, memória (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: анамне́за f

Roman: anamnéza (sh) f
Spanish: anamnesia

medical history of a patient

Belarusian: ана́мнез m ‎(anámnjez)
Bulgarian: анамнеза (bg) ‎(anamneza)
Czech: anamnéza f
Dutch: anamnese (nl)
Esperanto: anamnezo
Finnish: anamneesi
French: anamnèse (fr) f
German: Anamnese (de) f

Japanese: 病歴 ‎(byōreki)
Polish: anamnezja f, anamneza (pl) f
Portuguese: anamnese (pt) f, anamnésia (pt) f, histórico (pt) m
Russian: ана́мнез (ru) m ‎(anámnez)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: анамне́за f

Roman: anamnéza (sh) f
Slovak: anamnéza f

See also

anamnesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Medical history on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

Examples (rhetoric)
As Lincoln said in his second Inaugural address, ...

From Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις ‎(anámnēsis, “remembrance”), from ἀνά ‎(aná, “ana-”) + μιμνῄσκω ‎(mimnḗiskō, “call to mind”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌænæmˈniːsɪs/