Usually means: Memory loss affecting specific areas.
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▸ noun:  a type of amnesia in which the sufferer loses only certain parts of their memory.


Opposite:
hyperthymesia, total recall, eidetic memory

Types:
psychogenic amnesia, fugue state, more...

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Opposite:
hyperthymesia, total recall, eidetic memory

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psychogenic amnesia, fugue state, more...




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