Usually means: Maximum number of items recalled.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. memory span: Collins English Dictionary
  2. memory span: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. memory-span, memory span: Wiktionary
  4. memory span: Dictionary.com
  5. Memory span: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. memory span: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. memory span: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Memory span, Span, memory: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Memory span, Span, memory: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (memory span)

noun:  The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of working memory (short-term memory).

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