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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛnˌɡɹæm/Part of speech nounSorted aegmnrStarts with EEnds with M0 clues
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  1. a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory

Word origin

Borrowed from German Engramm which was coined by German evolutionary biologist Richard Semon in 1904. First attested in English in 1921 (see quotation below). Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + γράμμα (grámma, “writing, picture”).

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  • I use the word engram to denote this permanent change wrought by a stimulus; the sum of such engrams in an organism may be called its "engram-store," among which must distinguish inherited from acquired engrams.

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