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健忘症 (kenboushou) Japanese meaning: amnesia | Kotomora

健けん忘ぼう症しょう

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Meanings

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amnesia; loss of memory

Medical term for amnesia or memory loss. Used in clinical contexts.

事じ故この後あと、彼かれは健けん忘ぼう症しょうになっ

た

。

After the accident, he developed amnesia.

Kanji

健healthy, health, strength
忘forget
症symptoms, illness

Related words

記き憶おく喪そう失しつ
記憶喪失 is a more general term for memory loss, while 健忘症 specifically refers to the medical condition of amnesia.

Word family

逆ぎゃっ行こう性せい健けん忘ぼう症しょう
retrograde amnesia

Built from

健けん忘ぼう+症しょう

Etymology

From 健 (healthy) + 忘 (forget) + 症 (condition/syndrome), literally 'healthy-forget condition', a medical term for amnesia.