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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient [syn: medical history, medical record, anamnesis]
2: the ability to recall past occurrences [syn: remembrance, recollection, anamnesis]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural anamneses) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek anamn?sis, from anamimn?skesthai to remember, from ana- + mimn?skesthai to remember — more at mind Date: circa 1593 1. a recalling to mind ; reminiscence 2. a preliminary case history of a medical or psychiatric patient

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. anamneses) 1 recollection (esp. of a supposed previous existence). 2 a patient's account of his or her medical history. 3 Eccl. the part of the anaphora recalling the Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Christ. Etymology: Gk, = remembrance

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Anamnesis An`am*ne"sis, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to remind, recall to memory; ? + ? to put in mind.] (Rhet.) A recalling to mind; recollection.