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Descriptor English: Memory
Descriptor Spanish: Memoria
Descriptor memoria
Scope note: Función mental compleja que tiene cuatro fases distintas: (1) memorización o aprendizaje, (2) retención, (3) recuerdo, y (4) reconocimiento. Clínicamente suele subdividirse en memoria inmediata, reciente y remota.
Descriptor Portuguese: Memória
Descriptor French: Mémoire
Tree number(s): F02.463.425.540
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008568
Scope note: Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) recall, and (4) recognition. Clinically, it is usually subdivided into immediate, recent, and remote memory.
Annotation: human & animal
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
DE drug effects
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
DeCS ID: 8738
Unique ID: D008568
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Memory - Preferred
Concept UI M0013346
Scope note Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) recall, and (4) recognition. Clinically, it is usually subdivided into immediate, recent, and remote memory.
Preferred term Memory



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