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anamnesis

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˌænæmˈniːsɪs/
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anamnesis (countable and uncountable, plural anamneses)

  1. The ability to recall past events; recollection.
  2. (medicine) The medical history of a patient.
  3. (rhetoric) The mention of the past; quotation of exemplary authors from memory to establish one’s authority.
  4. (Christianity) The remembrance and celebration of God’s works by the liturgy of the church.

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

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  • IPA(key): [anamˈnɛsɪs]
  • Hyphenation: anam‧nè‧sis

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anamnèsis (first-person possessive anamnesisku, second-person possessive anamnesismu, third-person possessive anamnesisnya)

  1. anamnesis:
    1. (medicine, psychology) the medical history of a patient.
    2. (Catholicism) a liturgical statement in which the Church refers to the memorial character of the Eucharist or to the Passion, Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.

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From Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis).

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  • IPA(key): /anamˈnesis/ [a.nãmˈne.sis]
  • Rhymes: -esis
  • Syllabification: a‧nam‧ne‧sis

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anamnesis f (plural anamnesis)

  1. (medicine) anamnesis

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