APA Dictionary of Psychology
fugue
- n.
- see dissociative fugue.
- a brief period in which an individual appears to be in a semiconscious state, sometimes engaging in routine activity, and subsequently has no memory for events during that period. This condition is typically associated with epilepsy but may occur in other conditions, such as alcohol intoxication and catatonic excitement.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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