engram

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: en=gram

OXFORD DICTIONARY

engram, n. a memory-trace, a supposed permanent change in the brain accounting for the existence of memory.

Derivative

engrammatic adj.

Etymology

G Engramm f. Gk en in + gramma letter of the alphabet

THESAURUS

engram

Mnemosyne, affect memory, anterograde memory, archetypal pattern, archetype, atavism, collective memory, computer memory, disk memory, drum memory, emotional response, father image, image, imago, information storage, kinesthetic memory, memory, memory bank, memory circuit, memory trace, mind, mneme, race memory, recollection, remembrance, screen memory, skill, souvenir, tape memory, traumatic trace, unconscious memory, verbal response, visual memory