[Gr. ἀνάμνησις remembrance, n. of action f. ἀνάμνα- stem of ἀνα-μιμνή-σκ-ειν to remember, f. ἀνά back + μνα- call to mind, f. μέν-ος mind.] The recalling of things past; recollection, reminiscence.
1657. J. Smith, Myst. Rhet., 249. Anamnesis is a figure whereby the speaker calling to mind matters past, whether of sorrow, joy, &c. doth make recital of them.
1876. trans. Wagner’s Gen. Pathol., 11. Diagnosis from the Anamnesis, that is, from the story which the patient tells of his illness.
1876. M. Davies, Unorth. Lond., 22. The doctrine of anamnesis, in Plato, according to which the soul had pre-existed in a purer state, and there gained its ideas.
