Definitions for engram

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IPA: /ˈɛn græm/

Engram is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 139 anagrams from letters in engram (aegmnr).

Definitions for engram

noun

1. a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.

Origin of engram

First recorded in 1905-10; en-² + -gram¹

Examples for engram

As we have indicated in our comparison, every suggestion which has succeeded leaves a strong trace, or engram, in the brain.

Semon's "engram" is formed by all that we experience at one time.

Similarly, the engram of the ecphoriated dichotomy is most often that which has been previously most often repeated.

These two laws together represent in part a hypothesis (the engram), and in part an observable fact.