fugue state

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Noun

fugue state (plural fugue states)

  1. (psychiatry) A rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality.

Synonyms

  • dissociative fugue
  • psychogenic fugue (obsolete)

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