遗忘症 (wèi) — amnesia

Definition

Examples

• 车祸后他得了遗忘症，记不起过去的事。
  Chē huò hòu tā dé le wèi, jì bù qǐ guò qù de shì.
  After the car accident he developed amnesia and couldn't remember past events.
• 这种遗忘症会影响短期记忆，但长期记忆不受影响。
  Zhè zhǒng wèi huì yǐng xiǎng duǎn qī jì yì, dàn cháng qī jì yì bú shòu yǐng xiǎng.
  This kind of amnesia affects short-term memory, but long-term memory is not affected.
• 医生正在研究治疗遗忘症的新方法。
  Yī shēng zhèng zài yán jiū zhì liáo wèi de xīn fāng fǎ.
  Doctors are researching new treatments for amnesia.