anamnesticadj.n.
A. adj.
Recalling to mind; aiding the memory or recollection.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > improvement of memory, mnemonics > [adjective]
mnemoneutic1652
mnemonical1661
mnemonic1672
memorial1735
anamnestic1753
mnemotechnic1839
Pelman1900
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anamnestic is applied by Blancard to remedies proper for restoring or strengthening the memory.
1879 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Anamnestic Symptoms, Phenomena occurring in a previous stage..by the remembrance of which the present condition is made more manifest.
B. n.† 1. An anamnestic medicine or symptom.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine for mental conditions > [noun] > drug to help memory
anamnestic1706
smart pill1954
memory drug1965
nootropic1976
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (ed. 6) Anamneticks, medicines that serve to restore the Memory.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Anamnestics, in medicine, are used by some writers to denote those signs which help to discover the past state of a patient's body.
1775 J. Ash New & Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. Anamnestic, a medicine to help the memory.
2. A proposed equivalent for mnemonic-s.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retention in the mind > improvement of memory, mnemonics > [noun]
artificial memoryc1545
art of memoryc1545
art memorative1576
mnemonic1662
mnemonics1721
memoria technica1730
mnemotechnics1845
mnemotechny1845
anamnestica1856
Pelmanism1916
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. vii. 123 Anamnestic, the art of Recollection or Reminiscence.
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