anamnesis

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The ability to recall past events; recollection.
2. (countable, uncountable) The remembrance and celebration of God’s works by the liturgy of the church.
3. (countable, uncountable) A patient's account of their medical history.
4. (countable, uncountable) The recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth, according to Plato’s theory of epistemology.
5. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The mention of the past; quotation of exemplary authors from memory to establish one’s authority.

Synonyms

medical history

medical record

recollection

remembrance

remembering

retention

retentiveness

rememberance

memory

Translations

anamnèse

Anamnese

anamnesi

anamnesia

ανάμνηση

anamnese

anamnésia

anamnes

memória

anamnese

anamnesis

Krankengeschichte

memoria

mémoire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌænæmˈniːsɪs/

Etymology

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