#amnesic

• Amnestic — Pertaining to amnesia, causing memory loss, or characterized by severe impairments in the consolidation and recall of memories. In a clinical and neuropsychological sense, it describes a structural syndrome or a pharmacological side effect that affects brain circuits responsible for short-term or long-term information storage, without necessarily altering other higher cognitive functions.
• Amnesic — Suffering from amnesia or characterized by the total or partial loss of memory. In a clinical sense, it describes a person experiencing structural difficulties in consolidating, storing, or recalling past information and events due to brain trauma, neurodegenerative disease, or intense psychological shock; it can also qualify a phenomenon or side effect.
• Amnesic — The feminine form of 'amnezic'; describes a female person, a clinical state, or a pharmacological reaction characterized by the total or partial loss of the ability to store, consolidate, or recall memories. In a structural neuropsychological sense, the amnestic manifestation can occur as a direct consequence of hippocampal lesions, intense emotional trauma, or as a temporary side effect of sedative substance administration.