ekphore

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   in Semon's memory theory, to reactivate or call forth an engram as a memory image

   A present stimulus may ekphore the bodily image left by an earlier experience.

An ek- spelling of ecphore, coined from Ancient Greek ekphorein ("to bring out, carry forth"), from ek- ("out") + phorein ("to carry"). Richard Semon used the family for the reactivation of an engram.

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