memory loss
Forgetting what happened
Memory loss is the inability to recall information that was once accessible.
It ranges from minor lapses—forgetting where you put your keys—to severe conditions like amnesia or dementia.
Short-term memory loss is common after a concussion.
The phrase often appears in medical contexts but also describes ordinary forgetfulness: I'm having a senior moment—total memory loss on his name.
- dementiaChronic cognitive impairment
- slipMinor error or misstep
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
- Alzheimer's diseaseDegenerative brain condition affecting memory
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
lost train of thought · blackout · cognitive decline · lost · senility · tip-of-the-tongue · drawing a blank · blank · repressed · neurodegeneration · cognitive impairment · vascular dementia · brain fog · fog · gap · vanishing · misplaced · fleeting
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- impairmentsimpairment, disability, paralysis, incapacity, blindness
- lossesdeficit, depletion, shortage, deprivation, bereavement
- blackoutspower outage, power failure, power cut, outage, total blackout
- disabilitydisability rights, disability culture, disability activism, disability services, disability identity
- Aging Problemsdementia, Alzheimer's, osteoporosis, arthritis, falls
memory lossmemory retention
Capacity to preserve learned information
total recall · photographic memory · eidetic memory · memory preservation · recall
memory lossremembering
Retaining past information
recall · recollection · reminiscence · remembrance · memory retrieval