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memory medical definition
noun
- The mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experience based on the mental processes of learning, retention, recall, and recognition.
- Persistent modification of behavior resulting from experience.
- The capacity of a material, such as plastic or metal, to return to a previous shape after deformation.
- The capability of the immune system to produce a specific secondary response to an antigen it has previously encountered.
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