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anamnesis

anam·ne·sis

UK/ˌænæmˈniːsɪs/ uncommon

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the ability to recall past occurrences

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis, “remembrance”), verbal noun of ἀναμιμνήσκω (anamimnḗskō), from ἀνα- (ana-) + μιμνῄσκω (mimnēískō, “call to mind”).

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