Caused by a trauma, for example a head injury; called post-traumatic amnesia.

Much of his work, however, endeavors to battle what he has called "cultural amnesia."

Cricket in a Fist follows two sisters searching for their mother, who has left the family to start a self-help movement called "willing amnesia."

The boys at the hospital call it amnesia.

Then there is also that nasty little disorder called 'eating amnesia' which afflicts us all from time to time.

"It's called amnesia; it has nothing to do with violence."

During his absence, R. said, his partners had suffered what he called "serious amnesia."

I let a stranger buy me a drink called amnesia,' I paraphrased, trying to keep my voice down.

The loss of these first events is called childhood or infantile amnesia.

Television shows that include this kind of memory loss are incorporating a condition called amnesia into their plot.