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recovered memory
noun
Definition of RECOVERED MEMORY
: a memory of a traumatic event (as sexual abuse) experienced typically during childhood that is forgotten and then recalled many years later that is sometimes held to be an invalid or false remembrance generated by outside influence
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First Known Use of RECOVERED MEMORY
1941
Medical Dictionary
recovered memory
noun
Medical Definition of RECOVERED MEMORY
: a forgotten memory of a traumatic event (as sexual abuse) experienced typically during childhood and recalled many years later that is sometimes held to be an invalid or false remembrance generated by outside influence
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