Definitions for engrams

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engrams en·gram

Spelling: [en-gram]

IPA: /ˈɛn græm/

Engrams is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 269 anagrams from letters in engrams (aegmnrs).

Definitions for engrams

noun

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

Origin of engrams

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

Examples for engrams

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

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.

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