anamnesis

Meanings

1. The ability to recall past events; recollection.
2. The remembrance and celebration of God’s works by the liturgy of the church.
3. A patient's account of their medical history.
4. The recollection of innate knowledge acquired before birth, according to Plato’s theory of epistemology.
5. The mention of the past; quotation of exemplary authors from memory to establish one’s authority.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνάμνησις (anámnēsis, “remembrance”), verbal noun of ἀναμιμνήσκω (anamimnḗskō), from ἀνα- (ana-) + μιμνῄσκω (mimnēískō, “call to mind”).