0 a condition in which someone is unable to remember things that happen after the event that caused the condition, which may be a brain injury, a shocking experience, the effect of a drug, etc.:
Damage in these regions of the brain can result in anterograde amnesia, characterized by the inability to learn new information.
This interruption in the blood supply to his brain had left him with severe anterograde amnesia.
Following the surgery, H. M. was found to suffer acute anterograde amnesia; that is, he could form no new memories, although many types of implicit memory were intact.
Parenteral diazepam is indicated for intravenous administration prior to cardioversion to relieve anxiety and tension and to produce anterograde amnesia.
Anterograde amnesia is a condition in which events that occurred during the time the drug was in effect are forgotten.
