🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

anamnesis

Pronunciation / Transliteration: anamnesis

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
anamnesis/ˌænæmˈniːsɪs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45200 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La anamnesis clínica es fundamental para un diagnóstico correcto."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A medical history gathered by a physician from a patient's observations and memories.

    "The doctor took a thorough anamnesis before making a diagnosis."
  2. 2

    In Platonic philosophy, the recollection of the soul's knowledge from a previous existence.

    "Plato argued that learning is primarily a process of anamnesis."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anamnēsis, 'remembrance'), from ἀναμιμνῄσκειν (anamimnēskein, 'to remind'), from ἀνά (ana-, 'back, up') + μιμνῄσκειν (mimnēskein, 'to remember').

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