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name
A surname transferred from the given name, a rare variant of Ingram.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A painful, negative mental image representing a past event.
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noun
a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: memory trace
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Broader terms: memory
History
Borrowed from German Engramm which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904. First attested in English in 1921 (see quotation below). Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + γράμμα (grámma, “writing, picture”).
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
