engram

n. 记忆的痕迹 [医] 兴奋痕迹, 印迹

发音

US /ˈɛnˌɡɹæm/

词形变化

engrams 复数 engrams

别名

engramme

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A postulated physical or biochemical change in neural tissue that represents a memory.

  2. 2.

    A painful, negative mental image representing a past event.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

memory

词源

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”).

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