engram
noun
- Biol. a hypothetical permanent change produced by a stimulus in the protoplasm of a tissue
- Psychol. a permanent effect produced in the psyche by stimulation, assumed in explaining persistence of memory
See engram in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĕnˈgrămˌ)
noun A physical alteration thought to occur in living neural tissue in response to stimuli, posited as an explanation for memory.
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