Word

amnesia, n.

partial or total loss of memory
<noun.cognition>

amnesia blackout memory loss

sample sentences

"he has a total blackout for events of the evening"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

amnesic amnesic amnestic

semantic pointers

hypernym

cognitive state, state of mind

hyponym

anterograde amnesia, posttraumatic amnesia retrograde amnesia forgetfulness selective amnesia transient global amnesia