Anamnesis
/ˌænæmˈniːsɪs/noun
The recollection of past events or, in medicine, a patient’s medical history taken by a clinician.
Did you know?In Plato, anamnesis is the idea that learning is really the soul remembering knowledge it already possessed before birth.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*men-
“to think, remember”
Ancient Greek
Greek
ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis)
“remembrance, recollection”
Late Latin
Latin
anamnesis
“recollection; memorial offering in Christian liturgy”
Middle English
English
anamnesis
“remembrance; later, the taking of a medical history”
Modern English
English
anamnesis
“recollection or a patient’s medical history”