anamnesis

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌænæmˈniːsɪs/

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anamnesis (countable and uncountable, plural anamneses)

1. The ability to recall past events; recollection.
2. (Christianity) The remembrance and celebration of God’s works by the liturgy of the church.
3. (medicine) A patient's account of their medical history.
   • 1898, Francis H. Stuart (translator), Oswald Vierordt, A Clinical Text-book of Medical Diagnosis for Physicians and Students, 4th Edition, [1897, O. Vierordt, Diagnostik der Innerer Krankheiten, 5th Edition], W. B. Saunders, page 19,

     But it is always well for the beginner to secure as complete an anamnesis, or prior history, as possible, in order that he may allow nothing of importance to escape his attention.

     The anamnesis generally begins with and involves the question as to whether the disease is acute or chronic, what organs are affected or inclined to be diseased.

4. (epistemology, Platonism) The recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth, according to Plato’s theory of epistemology.
   • 1990, Stewart Umphrey, Zetetic Skepticism, Longwood Academic, page 13,

     There are also reasons for thinking that Socratic anamnesis, inquiry and learning are quite unlike anamnesis, inquiry and learning as ordinarily understood.

5. (rhetoric) The mention of the past; quotation of exemplary authors from memory to establish one’s authority.

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

• IPA^(key): /a.namˈnɛ.sɪs/
• Rhymes: -sɪs
• Hyphenation: a‧nam‧ne‧sis

anamnesis

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
   3. (epistemology: Platonism) the recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth, according to Plato’s theory of epistemology.

• “anamnesis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis).

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

anamnesis f (plural anamnesis)

1. (medicine) anamnesis

• “anamnesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024