engram
noun
en·gram
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variants:
or less commonly engramme
Definition of engram
: a hypothetical change in neural tissue postulated in order to account for persistence of memory : memory trace
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The road to that discovery started back in 2012, when Tonegawa’s lab came up with a way to highlight brain cells known as engram cells, which hold a unique memory. — Quanta Magazine, "Light-Triggered Genes Reveal the Hidden Workings of Memory," 14 Dec. 2017 Josselyn helped lead this wave of research with some of the earliest studies to capture engram neurons in mice. — Helen Shen, Scientific American, "Portrait of a Memory," 14 Mar. 2018 But these types of memory-suppression study sketch out only half of the engram. — Helen Shen, Scientific American, "Portrait of a Memory," 14 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'engram.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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engram
noun
en·gram
variants:
also engramme \ ˈen-ˌgram
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Medical Definition of engram
: a hypothetical change in neural tissue postulated in order to account for persistence of memory : memory trace
Other Words from engram
engrammic
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adjective
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adjective