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anamnesis
[ an-am-nee-sis ]
noun
- the recollection or remembrance of the past; reminiscence.
- Platonism. recollection of the Ideas, which the soul had known in a previous existence, especially by means of reasoning.
- the medical history of a patient.
- Immunology. a prompt immune response to a previously encountered antigen, characterized by more rapid onset and greater effectiveness of antibody and T cell reaction than during the first encounter, as after a booster shot in a previously immunized person.
- Often Anamnesis. a prayer in a Eucharistic service, recalling the Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ.
anamnesis
/ ˌææˈԾːɪ /
noun
- the ability to recall past events; recollection
- the case history of a patient
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··Ա·پ [an-am-, nes, -tik], adjective
- a·Աt·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of anamnesis1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of anamnesis1
Example Sentences
Plato once wrote of anamnesis, the idea that humans have innate knowledge buried within us, and that learning is the act of unearthing it.
With the exception of negativism, which appears only in the anamnesis, all the cardinal stupor symptoms are found in this history.
Psychoanalysis has confirmed this suspicion in all cases of inversion accessible, and has decidedly changed their anamnesis by filling up the infantile amnesias.
Is not this the Platonic doctrine of anamnesis, Christianised in a most beautiful manner?
The anamnesis of the Ideas is chiefly insisted upon in the mythical portions of the dialogues, and really occupies a very small space in the entire works of Plato.
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