confabulation

confabulation definition - medical

con·fab·u·la·tion (kən-făbˌyə-lāˈshən)

noun
The unconscious filling of gaps in one's memory by fabrications that one accepts as facts.

Related Forms:

  • con·fabˈu·lateˌ verb

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